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Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1st Baronet (born Gottfried Kniller; 8 August 1646 – 19 October 1723) was a German-British painter. The leading portraitist in England during the late Stuart and early Georgian eras, he served as court painter to successive English and British monarchs, including Charles II of England and George I of Great Britain.
Sir Godfrey Kneller, Baronet (born August 8, 1646, Lübeck, Germany—died October 19, 1723, London, England) was a painter who became the leading Baroque portraitist in England during the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Portrait of poet Lady Mary Montagu.
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Godfrey Kneller (1646–1723) (studio of) (Born Lübeck ?8 August 1646; died London, 26 October 1723). German-born painter who settled in England and became the leading portraitist there in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1st Baronet (born Gottfried Kniller; 8 August 1646 – 19 October 1723) was a German-British painter. The leading portraitist in England during the late Stuart and early Georgian eras, he served as court painter to successive English and British monarchs, including Charles II of England and George I of Great Britain.
Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1st Baronet (born Gottfried Kniller; 8 August 1646 – 19 October 1723) was a German-British painter. The leading portraitist in England during the late Stuart and early Georgian eras, he served as court painter to successive English and British monarchs, including Charles II of England and George I of Great Britain.
Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt. (1646-1723), Portrait painter. Later Stuart Portraits Catalogue Entry. Sitter associated with 30 portraits. Artist associated with 1689 portraits. German-born but Dutch trained, Kneller reportedly travelled to England in 1676 because of his 'longing to see Sir Anthony Van Dyck's Works, being most ambitious of imitating ...
Sir Godfrey Kneller Bt. (1646 - 1723) Portrait painter, history painter. Studied in Amsterdam under Rembrandt and Bol; worked in Amsterdam, Rome, Nuremberg, Lübeck; from 1676 worked in London. Knighted in 1692; created baronet in 1715. Brother of painter Johann Zachary Kneller (1642-1702).
