Godfrey Kneller
Also 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)
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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.
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1646 births1723 deaths17th-century English painters17th-century German painters18th-century English male artists18th-century English painters18th-century German male artists18th-century German paintersArtists from LübeckBaronets in the Baronetage of Great BritainBritish Baroque paintersBurials at St Mary's Church, Twickenham