Sir Godfrey Kneller
Leading English Baroque court portraitist
Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1st Baronet (born Gottfried Kniller), was the leading portrait painter in England during the late 17th and early 18th centuries, and was court painter to English and British monarchs from Charles II to George I. His major works include The Chinese Convert (1687; Royal Collection, London); a series of four portraits of Isaac Newton painted at various junctures of the latter's life; a series of ten reigning European monarchs, including King Louis XIV of France; over 40 "kit-cat portraits" of members of the Kit-Cat Club; and ten "beauties" of the court of William III, to match a similar series of ten of Charles II's mistresses painted by Kneller's predecessor as court painter, Sir Peter Lely.
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- Ferdinand Bol Master
- John Smibert Student
- John Vanderbank Student
- Joseph Highmore Student
- Stephen Slaughter Student
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Artworks by this artist (30 total)
- Portrait of Lady Elizabeth Bruce D.1745
- Joseph Addison
- Portrait of Charles, Lord Bruce
- Portrait Of The Duchess Of Newcastle
- Self-Portrait
- Cornelis de Bruyn (1652-1727) 1695-1700
- The Howard Children 1695
- Anthony Henley before 1694
- Brustbild eines Malers mit Palette und Nachtmütze
- Portrait Of Elizabeth Pelham 1681-1711
- Portrait of a Woman as St. Agnes, Traditionally Identified as Catherine Voss between 1705 and 1710
- Sir Theodore Colladon
- A Woman Called Lady Mary Wortley Montagu between 1715 and 1720
- Alexander Pope Profile, Crowned With Ivy
- Portrait Of A Bearded Old Man
- Portrait of a Gentleman Dressed in Blue with a Red Mantle
- Lady Mary Berkeley ca. 1700
- General Michael and John Richardson in the Battle of Belgrade 1710
- Canon Frans de Cock, Cantor at the Antwerp Cathedral
- King George I of Great Britain and Ireland 1714