Gavin Hamilton

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archaeologist art dealer history painter human neoclassical artist painter

Gavin Hamilton was an 18th-century Scottish neoclassical history painter and archaeologist known for his influential work in Rome and his depictions of classical subjects.

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Gavin Hamilton canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeologist ⓘ
art dealer ⓘ
history painter ⓘ
human ⓘ
neoclassical artist ⓘ
painter ⓘ
activeIn 18th century ⓘ
countryOfBirth Scotland ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1723 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1798 ⓘ
educatedAt Accademia di San Luca ⓘ
surface form: Academy of Fine Arts in Rome

University of Glasgow ⓘ
ethnicGroup Scottish ⓘ
familyName Hamilton ⓘ
fieldOfWork archaeology ⓘ
classical antiquities ⓘ
painting ⓘ
genre history painting ⓘ
givenName Gavin ⓘ
influenced Antonio Canova ⓘ
British neoclassical painters ⓘ
influencedBy Nicolas Poussin ⓘ
Raphael ⓘ
classical antiquity ⓘ
knownFor archaeological excavations near Rome ⓘ
dealing in classical antiquities ⓘ
neoclassical history paintings ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement Neoclassicism ⓘ
nativeLanguage Scots ⓘ
notableWork Achilles Lamenting the Death of Patroclus ⓘ
Andromache Mourning Hector ⓘ
Scenes from Roman history series ⓘ
Scenes from the Iliad series ⓘ
The Apotheosis of Homer ⓘ
The Continence of Scipio ⓘ
The Death of Cato ⓘ
Lucrece ⓘ
surface form: The Death of Lucretia

The Death of Priam ⓘ
The Oath of Brutus ⓘ
The Rape of the Sabine Women ⓘ
Venus Presenting Helen to Paris ⓘ
occupation archaeologist ⓘ
art dealer ⓘ
painter ⓘ
patronOf young neoclassical artists in Rome ⓘ
placeOfBirth Lanark ⓘ
placeOfDeath Rome ⓘ
residence Rome ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workLocation London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

Rome ⓘ

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