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Godfrey Kneller

1646–1723

Cornelis de Bruyn (1652-1727), Draftsman and Traveller — Godfrey Kneller

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Cornelis de Bruyn (1652-1727), Draftsman and Traveller

1695 - 1700

Rijksmuseum

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Biography

Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1st Baronet (British English: NEL-ə; born Gottfried Kniller; 8 August 1646 – 19 October 1723) was a British painter of German origin. 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. Kneller also painted scientists such as Isaac Newton, foreign monarchs such as Louis XIV of France and visitors to England such as Michael Shen Fu-Tsung.

A pioneer of the kit-cat portrait, he was also commissioned by William III of England to paint eight "Hampton Court Beauties" to match a similar series of paintings of Charles II's "Windsor Beauties" that had been painted by Kneller's predecessor as court painter, Peter Lely.

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  • Rembrandt van Rijneditorial inference
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  • Ferdinand Boleditorial inference
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    Wikidata assertion retained for review; its references, if supplied, have not been independently verified. Teaching is recorded separately and does not itself establish artistic influence.

Later influence

  • Robert Cardinalleditorial inference
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    Wikidata assertion retained for review; its references, if supplied, have not been independently verified. Teaching is recorded separately and does not itself establish artistic influence.

  • John Vanderbankeditorial inference
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    Wikidata assertion retained for review; its references, if supplied, have not been independently verified. Teaching is recorded separately and does not itself establish artistic influence.

  • John Smiberteditorial inference
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    Wikidata assertion retained for review; its references, if supplied, have not been independently verified. Teaching is recorded separately and does not itself establish artistic influence.

  • Georg Engelhard Schrödereditorial inference
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    The biography identifies Godfrey Kneller as an artistic influence on Georg Engelhard Schröder. The biography distinguishes Italian Baroque inspiration from later London portraiture influences. Explicit secondary-source assertion; independent historical verification remains pending.

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