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Portrait of a Piebald

1700 · Liechtenstein Museum, Vienna

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Prince Karl Eusebius von Liechtenstein (1611-1684) was interested in art and augmented the princely collection. His second passion was to breed horses and he had large stables by Fischer van Erlach in Lednice. This portrait by Johann Georg de Hamilton, the son of the Scottish still-life painter James Hamilton (c.

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Portrait of a Piebald

About the Artist

Johann Georg de Hamilton

1672 – 1737

Johann Georg de Hamilton (also Johann George of Hamilton) was a Scottish still-life and animal painter. He was the son of James Hamilton of a Scottish noble family who emigrated to the Netherlands in 1666. In 1698 he settled in Vienna together with his brother Philipp Ferdinand, where in 1712 he was appointed court painter. His most famous works are the depictions of horses, especially of Lippizzaner.

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