| LC control no. | n 82103048 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Kneller, Godfrey, Sir, 1646-1723 |
| Variant(s) | Kneller, G. (Godfrey), Sir, 1646-1723 Kneller, Sir Godfrey, bart., 1646-1723 Kniller, Gottfried, 1646-1723 Kneller, Gottfried, 1646-1723 |
| Located | London (England) |
| Birth date | 1646-08-08 |
| Death date | 1723-10-19 |
| Place of birth | Lübeck (Germany) |
| Place of death | London (England) |
| Profession or occupation | Portrait painter |
| Found in | Ovid's Metamorphoses in fifteen books, 1717: engraved portrait following t.p. (G. Kneller pinxit) Wikipedia, viewed March 16, 2016 (heading: Godfrey Kneller; Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1st Baronet (born Gottfried Kniller, Free City of Lübeck; 8 August 1646 - 19 October 1723, London, Great Britain) 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 beauties of the court of Charles II painted by his predecessor as court painter, Sir Peter Lely; nationality: German, later British; Residence: London, England) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfrey_Kneller> LC database, accessed June 2, 2022 hdg. (Kneller, Gottfried, 1646-1723) |
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