Godfrey Kneller

Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1st Baronet was a British painter of German origin. 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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Also known as anglais Kneler, G. Bardiet Kneller, G. Kneller, G Kneller Baronet, godefrey kneller, Godfrey, Baronet Kneller, Godfrey, Bart. Kneller, Godfrey Kneller Bart. and 7 other name forms

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