Sir Godfrey Kneller (8 august 1646 – 19 octombrie 1723), pictor portretist englez(I)

Sir Godfrey Kneller - Mary II (1662-1694)

Sir Godfrey Kneller - Mary of Modena

Sir Godfrey Kneller - Portrait of Queen Mary II of England (1662-1694)

Sir Godfrey Kneller - Princess Anne, Daughter of James II (later Queen Anne)

Sir Godfrey Kneller - Queen Anne 

Sir Godfrey Kneller - Queen Anne 

Sir Godfrey Kneller - Queen Anne 

Sir Godfrey Kneller - Queen Anne 

Sir Godfrey Kneller - A Woman Called Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - Google Art Project

Sir Godfrey Kneller - Caroline Wilhelmina of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Sir Godfrey Kneller - Catherine Sedley, Later Countess of Dorchester

Sir Godfrey Kneller - Dorothy Harvey, Lady Monoux

Sir Godfrey Kneller - Dorothy Mason, Lady Brownlow

Sir Godfrey Kneller - Frances Jennings, Duchess of Tyrconnel

Sir Godfrey Kneller - Hortense Mancini, duchesse de Mazarin

Sir Godfrey Kneller - Lady Elizabeth D'Arcy

Sir Godfrey Kneller - Lady Mary Bentinck (1679-1726)

Sir Godfrey Kneller - Portrait of a Lady Holding Flowers

Sir Godfrey Kneller - Portrait of a Woman as St. Agnes

Sir Godfrey Kneller - Portrait of Anne Breame, Mrs Humphry Ambler

Sir Godfrey Kneller - Portrait of Joane, Wife of Arthur Ayshford

Sir Godfrey Kneller - Portrait of the Duchess of Newcastle

Sir Godfrey Kneller - Sarah Churchill, Duchess 

Sir Godfrey Kneller - Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough

Sir Godfrey Kneller - Portrait of a couple

Sir Godfrey Kneller - The Howard Children - Google Art Project

Sir Godfrey Kneller - Thomas Hesketh, His Wife Martha St Amand, and a Son

Sir Godfrey Kneller (8 august 1646 – 19 octombrie 1723), pictor portretist englez(II)

Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1st Baronet (8 august 1646 – 19 octombrie 1723) a fost pictorul portretist englez cel mai important de la sfarsitul secolului al XVII-lea si inceputul secolului al XVIII-lea, precum si pictorul de curte al monarhilor englezi de la  Charles II pana la George I.

Kneller s-a nascut Gottfried Kniller in Lübeck, Germania, fiul lui Zacharias Kniller. Kneller a studiat in Leiden, insa a devenit elevul lui Ferdinand Bol si Rembrandt in Amsterdam. Mai tarziu a calatorit impreuna cu fratele lui John Zacharias Kneller, pictor ornamental, la Roma si Venetia, a pictat subiecte istorice si portrete, apoi s-a mutat la Hamburg. Au venit in Anglia in anul 1674, la invitatia ducelui de Monmouth.Si-a deschis un studio in care a produs portrete aproape pe scara industriala. Portretele lui au constituit un model urmat pana la William Hogarth  si Joshua Reynolds.

Cand a murit Sir Peter Lely in 1680, Kneller a fost numit pictor principal al curtii de catre Charles II. A fost facut baronet de catre regele George I, iar  intre  1711-1716 a devenit seful Academy of Painting and Drawing din Great Queen Street, Londra. Picturile lui au fost apreciate de iluministii John Dryden, Joseph Addison, Richard Steele si Alexander Pope.

Kneller a murit de febra tifoida in 1723, iar ramasitele lui pamatesti au fost depuse in biserica din Twickenham.

Sir Godfrey Kneller (8 august 1646 – 19 octombrie 1723), pictor portretist englez