Godfrey Kneller (figure) and Jan Wyck (horse) The Moroccan Ambassador 1684 oil on canvas Chiswick House, London |
attributed to Godfrey Kneller Princess Anne (later Queen), daughter of James II ca. 1687 oil on canvas Bank of England Museum, London |
Godfrey Kneller Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough and 1st Earl of Monmouth ca. 1695 oil on canvas Marble Hill House, London |
Godfrey Kneller Frances Whitmore, Lady Middleton 1690-91 oil on canvas Royal Collection, Great Britain |
Godfrey Kneller Hortense Mancini, Duchess of Mazarin 1693 oil on canvas Museums Sheffield, Yorkshire |
"Godfrey Kneller, né Gottfried Kniller, was born in Germany and educated in the Netherlands and Italy; he is regarded, however, primarily as an English painter. In 1676 Kneller moved to England, where he changed his name, and by the turn of the eighteenth century had become one of the most influential English portraitists. English and foreign nobility flocked to his London workshop. His talent was held in high esteem by English kings, and after the death of Sir Peter Lely (1618-80) Kneller became Principal Painter to the Crown, a position he held virtually uninterrupted for years. Kneller received a knighthood from William III in 1692, and his last patron, George I, made him a baronet in 1715, the highest title ever granted to a painter at the time."
– from curator's notes at the Leiden Collection
Godfrey Kneller James Vernon ca. 1690-97 oil on canvas Government Art Collection, London |
Godfrey Kneller John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough ca. 1706 oil on canvas National Portrait Gallery, London |
Godfrey Kneller Lionel Cranfield Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset 1719 oil on canvas Government Art Collection, London |
Godfrey Kneller Margaret Cecil, Countess of Ranelagh 1690-91 oil on canvas Royal Collection, Great Britain |
Godfrey Kneller Samuel Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys of Ombersley 1720 oil on canvas Parliamentary Art Collection, London |
Godfrey Kneller Sir Thomas Dilkes 1704 oil on canvas National Maritime Museum, London |
Godfrey Kneller Sir William Williams of Nantanog ca. 1690 oil on canvas Parliamentary Art Collection, London |
Godfrey Kneller William Cheselden ca. 1722 oil on canvas Hunterian Museum, London |
Godfrey Kneller William Clayton (later Lord Sundon) 1719 oil on canvas Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool |
Godfrey Kneller William Congreve, dramatist ca. 1710 oil on canvas National Trust, Ickworth House, Suffolk |