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Gavin Hamilton

1723–1798

Agrippina Landing at Brindisium with the Ashes of Germanicus 1765–72
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Biography

Gavin Hamilton (1723, Lanarkshire – 4 January 1798, Rome) was a Scottish neoclassical history painter,who is more widely remembered for his searches for antiquities in the neighbourhood of Rome. These roles in combination made him an arbiter of neoclassical taste.

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Neoclassicism

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  • Priam Pleading with Achilles for the Body of Hector

    Gavin Hamilton
    ?engraved 1775
  • Agrippina Landing at Brindisium with the Ashes of Germanicus

    Gavin Hamilton
    1765–72
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