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Godfrey Kneller
Sign in to saveAlso known as Gottfried Kneller, Sir Godfrey Kneller, Godfrey Kniller, Sir Kniller, Sir Gottfried Kniller, Gottfried Kniller, Godfrey, Baronet Kneller, G. Kneller
German-born British painter (1646–1723)
OverviewAI-generated
Godfrey Kneller was a painter who was active from 1677 to 1720. He was born on August 8, 1646, and died in 1723, with records listing both October 19 and October 27 as his date of death. His artistic career is documented through various collections, including a Commons gallery and category dedicated to his name.
Kneller is associated with several works, with counts ranging from one to 36 depending on the source. One specific work attributed to him is *The family memoirs of the Rev. William Stukeley, M. D.* He is also referenced by 637 other encyclopedia articles. A quote attributed to him states, "Only God Almighty makes painters."
Synthesized by Vinony from 14 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Wikiquote, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Europeana Sparql, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- Born
- Gottfried Kniller , ( 1646-08-08 ) 8 August 1646, Lübeck , Holy Roman Empire
- Died
- 19 October 1723 (1723-10-19) (aged 77), London , England
- Known for
- Portrait painting
- Spouse
- Susanna Grave
- Relatives
- Johann Zacharias Kneller (brother) Andreas Kneller (brother)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Gottfried
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Place of birth
- Lübeck
- Place of death
- London
- Sibling
- Johann Zacharias Kneller
- Occupation
- engraver
- Position held
- court painter
- Languages spoken
- German
- Award
- baronet
- Noble title
- baronet
- Student of
- Ferdinand Bol
- Field of work
- portrait
- Genre
- portrait
- Movement
- realism
- Image
- Godfrey Kneller Selfportrait.jpg
Show 11 more facts
- Commons gallery
- Godfrey Kneller
- Commons category
- Godfrey Kneller
- date of birth
- 1646-08-08
- date of death
- 1723-10-27
- Commons Creator page
- Godfrey Kneller
- name in native language
- Gottfried Kneller
- student
- John Vanderbank
- has works in the collection
- Saltram House
- floruit
- 1720-01-01
- birth name
- Gottfried Kniller
- P8168
- Port Royal
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Godfrey Kneller, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Godfridus Kneller Eques, Gulielmi & Maria Magna Britanniæ Regis & Regina Pictorum Princeps
The Lord Bury
The Right Honoble Godart Baron de Ginkel
![PETRUS ALEXEEWITZ MAGNUS DOMINUS TZAR ET MAGNUS DUX MOSCOVIAE [Portrait of Tsar Peter I; Russie, Peter I, Alexiovitz, Czar]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fberge-p-v-d-ab3-0021%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
PETRUS ALEXEEWITZ MAGNUS DOMINUS TZAR ET MAGNUS DUX MOSCOVIAE [Portrait of Tsar Peter I; Russie, Peter I, Alexiovitz, Czar]
Iacobus, Liber Baro de Wassenaer
His Highness The Duke of Glocester
Anthony Henley Esqr
Portrait Thomas Parker Earl of Macclesfield, Lord Chancellor of England
Epitaph of Mayor Heinrich Kerking (1610-1693)
Epitaph of Mayor Johann Siricius, d. 1696
King Charles II of England
Thomas Parker Earl of Macclesfield, Lord Chancellor of England (1667-1732)
Duke Johann Wilhelm von Sachsen-Eisenach (1666-1729)
Portrait of the Wilhelmina Carolina
Mr Alexander Pope Æts. 28.
Anna, Queen of England
The Countess of Ranelagh
Serenissima Maria D.G. Angliae Scotiae Franciae & Hiberniae Regina & ct.
Georgius II.dus D.G. Mag: Brit: Fra: et Hib: Rex Fidei Defensor, & c.
Jaques II
The Honble Mrs. Sherard
His Royal Highness William Duke of Glocester
Mr Grinlin Gibbons
His Royal Highness William Duke of Glocester
Joseph Carreras
The Right Hon: ble Charles Earle of Dorset & Middlesex
The Rt. Hono.ble Henry Booth Ld. De la Mer
St. Agnes
Georgius D.G. Mag: Brit: Fran: et Hib: Rex Fidei Defensor & c.
Christopher Walters Stockdale Esqr.
Her Grace Mary Dutchess of Ormond & Thomas Earl of Ossory her Son
John Sheffield Earle of Mulgrave
Mariae Reginae Sarcophagus
Edmond Waller
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[A child sitting on a step with a dog and feather-decorated hat]
Jacobus II.dus D. G. Ang: Sco: Fran: & Hib: Rex.
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Encyclopedic overview
Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1st Baronet (born Gottfried Kniller; 8 August 1646 – 19 October 1723) was a German-born 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. 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.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Godfrey Kneller” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.