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Sir Godfrey Kneller - Portrait of William III of England (1650-1702) in State Robes |
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Sir Godfrey Kneller - Prince William of Denmark |
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Sir Godfrey Kneller - Admiral George Churchill |
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Sir Godfrey Kneller - Admiral Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford |
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Sir Godfrey Kneller - Admiral Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford |
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Sir Godfrey Kneller - Admiral James Berkeley, 3rd Earl of Berkeley |
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Sir Godfrey Kneller - Alexander Pope Profile, Crowned with Ivy - Google Art Project. |
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Sir Godfrey Kneller - Alexander Pope, Poet |
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Sir Godfrey Kneller - Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend |
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Sir Godfrey Kneller - Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend |
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Sir Godfrey Kneller - Daniel Defoe |
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Sir Godfrey Kneller - Grinling Gibbons |
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Sir Godfrey Kneller - James Craggs the Younger |
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Sir Godfrey Kneller - John Locke |
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Sir Godfrey Kneller - John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby |
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Sir Godfrey Kneller - Self-Portrait |
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Sir Godfrey Kneller - Self-Portrait |
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Sir Godfrey Kneller - Self-Portrait |
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Sir Godfrey Kneller - Self-Portrait - Google Art Project |
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Sir Godfrey Kneller - Sir Samuel Garth |
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Sir Godfrey Kneller - Sir Thomas Dilkes |
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Sir Godfrey Kneller - The Chinese Convert |
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Sir Godfrey Kneller - The Moroccan Ambassador. |
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Sir Godfrey Kneller - Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (left) and Henry Clinton, 7th Earl of Lincoln |
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Sir Godfrey Kneller - Vice-Admiral John Leake |
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Sir Godfrey Kneller - William Hewer |
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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, 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.
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