Godfrey Kneller
(1646–1723) tysk målare verksam i England
Godfrey Kneller (Germany, 1646–1723) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a printmaker, and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Godfrey Kneller belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.
Godfrey Kneller was born in Lübeck and died in London. The teachers included Rembrandt and Ferdinand Bol. Wikidata associates Godfrey Kneller with realism. The awards include Knight Bachelor and baronet. The students included Jacob van der Roer van Dordrecht and Friedrich Wilhelm Weidemann.
The best-known works include ‘Portrait of Cornelis de Bruyn, Draughtsman and Traveler’, ‘Portrait of the first Earl of Albemarle’, and ‘An old scholar’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 250 works by Godfrey Kneller with free images. The dated works span the years 1650–1880. Works by Godfrey Kneller are held by several collections, among them National Portrait Gallery, National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, Royal Collection, and Royal Museums Greenwich.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Anna Katharina Block, Georg Andreas Böckler, Joseph Parrocel, Madeleine Boullogne, and Pier Dandini.