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

Sir Godfrey Kneller - Isaac Newton, 1689

Sir Godfrey Kneller - Sir Isaac Newton, 1702

Sir Godfrey Kneller - Charles II of England

Sir Godfrey Kneller - George I (1660-1727)

Sir Godfrey Kneller - George, Prince of Denmark (1653-1708)

Sir Godfrey Kneller - Portrait of Philip of France (futur Philip V of Spain) as a child

Sir Godfrey Kneller - King George I

Sir Godfrey Kneller - King James II

Sir Godfrey Kneller - Peter I

Sir Godfrey Kneller - Portrait of King William III (1650-1702)

Sir Godfrey Kneller - Portrait of Pyotr Potyomkin

Sir Godfrey Kneller - Portrait of the young Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI (1685-1740)

Sir Godfrey Kneller - Portrait of William III of England (1650-1702) in State Robes

Sir Godfrey Kneller - Prince William of Denmark

Sir Godfrey Kneller - Admiral George Churchill 

Sir Godfrey Kneller - Admiral Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford 

Sir Godfrey Kneller - Admiral Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford 

Sir Godfrey Kneller - Admiral James Berkeley, 3rd Earl of Berkeley 

Sir Godfrey Kneller - Alexander Pope Profile, Crowned with Ivy - Google Art Project.

Sir Godfrey Kneller - Alexander Pope, Poet

Sir Godfrey Kneller - Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend

Sir Godfrey Kneller - Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend

Sir Godfrey Kneller - Daniel Defoe

Sir Godfrey Kneller - Grinling Gibbons

Sir Godfrey Kneller - James Craggs the Younger

Sir Godfrey Kneller - John Locke

Sir Godfrey Kneller - John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby 

Sir Godfrey Kneller - Self-Portrait

Sir Godfrey Kneller - Self-Portrait

Sir Godfrey Kneller - Self-Portrait

Sir Godfrey Kneller - Self-Portrait - Google Art Project

Sir Godfrey Kneller - Sir Samuel Garth

Sir Godfrey Kneller - Sir Thomas Dilkes

Sir Godfrey Kneller - The Chinese Convert

Sir Godfrey Kneller - The Moroccan Ambassador.

Sir Godfrey Kneller - Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (left) and Henry Clinton, 7th Earl of Lincoln

Sir Godfrey Kneller - Vice-Admiral John Leake

Sir Godfrey Kneller - William Hewer

Sir Godfrey Kneller - Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull ; Charles Boyle, 2nd Earl of Burlington ; and John Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeley of Stratton

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

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