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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.
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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.
Mar 19, 2024 · 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.
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Godfrey Kneller (1646–1723) (studio of) Government Art Collection. (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.
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Born Gottfried Kniller in Lübeck, Germany. He was a pupil of Ferdinand Bol, and probably Rembrandt for a brief period in the 1660s. Spent 1672-1675 in Rome and Venice, briefly returned to Lübeck and finally settled in England in 1676. Here he was highly successful and ran a huge studio producing replicas and copies.
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).
