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Godfrey Kneller was born as Gottfried Kniller, the third son of the painter Zacharias Kniller. The family was wealthy and respected. His father had been in the service of the Swedish king for a long time and had then been appointed to the position of Chief Surveyor in Lübeck. Although his father planned a career in the military for him and therefore sent him to study at the University of Leiden, the young Gottfried's artistic interests prevailed. He moved to Amsterdam, where he was taught by Ferdinand Bol in the style of Rembrandt and also undertook trips to Rome and Venice for study purposes.
From 1666 he worked as an independent painter and moved from Hamburg to England in 1676, where he took his English name. From the year 1700 Kneller counts among the most influential portrait painters. His outstanding ability to produce expressive character studies made him one of the most successful English painters of his time. The entire English, French and German nobility had their portraits painted by him. From 1680 he became the official portraitist of the British king and in 1692 he was elevated to knighthood by the king.
Among his most famous works are the 42 portraits of the members of the important "Kit-Kat-Club" of the English Whigs, which included John Locke. These portraits also gave rise to the term "Kit-Kat-Format" for portraits of a certain, shortened format of about 91 x 71 centimetres, on which at least one hand of the person depicted is always visible.
Godfrey Kneller was born as Gottfried Kniller, the third son of the painter Zacharias Kniller. The family was wealthy and respected. His father had been in the service of the Swedish king for a long time and had then been appointed to the position of Chief Surveyor in Lübeck. Although his father planned a career in the military for him and therefore sent him to study at the University of Leiden, the young Gottfried's artistic interests prevailed. He moved to Amsterdam, where he was taught by Ferdinand Bol in the style of Rembrandt and also undertook trips to Rome and Venice for study purposes.
From 1666 he worked as an independent painter and moved from Hamburg to England in 1676, where he took his English name. From the year 1700 Kneller counts among the most influential portrait painters. His outstanding ability to produce expressive character studies made him one of the most successful English painters of his time. The entire English, French and German nobility had their portraits painted by him. From 1680 he became the official portraitist of the British king and in 1692 he was elevated to knighthood by the king.
Among his most famous works are the 42 portraits of the members of the important "Kit-Kat-Club" of the English Whigs, which included John Locke. These portraits also gave rise to the term "Kit-Kat-Format" for portraits of a certain, shortened format of about 91 x 71 centimetres, on which at least one hand of the person depicted is always visible.
.jpg "Sir Isaac Newton (detail) by Godfrey Kneller")
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_from_Illustrations_of_English_and_Scottish_History_Volum_-_(MeisterDrucke-100547).jpg "Queen Mary II from")
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.jpg "Bridget Sutton, 3rd Duchess of Rutland by Godfrey Kneller")
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_(1633-1701)_Painting_by_G_-_(MeisterDrucke-984599).jpg "Portrait of King James II of England by Godfrey Kneller")
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_c1663-1708_(oil_on_-_(MeisterDrucke-1376644).jpg "Portrait of Francis Newport, 1st Earl of Bradford by Godfrey Kneller")
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.jpg "Prince William Duke of Gloucester by Godfrey Kneller")
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.jpg "Portrait of Prince James Stuart as a baby by Godfrey Kneller")
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.jpg "Queen Anne by Godfrey Kneller")
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.jpg "Portrait of Peter the Great (Peter I of Russia) by Godfrey Kneller")
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.jpg "The execution of King Charles I before the Banqueting House, Whitehall, 30 January 1649 by Godfrey Kneller")
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_English_mathematician_physicist_and_astrono_-_(MeisterDrucke-1103903).jpg "Portrait of Isaac Newton, English mathematician, physicist and astronomer by Godfrey Kneller")
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.jpg "John Locke, English Philosopher by Godfrey Kneller")
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.jpg "Portrait of King George I by Godfrey Kneller")
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.jpg "Portrait of Barbara Palmer, Duchess of Cleveland by Godfrey Kneller")
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 1711 - (MeisterDrucke-107544).jpg "Portrait of Sir Christopher Wren, 1711 by Godfrey Kneller")
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.jpg "Queen Anne and William, Duke of Gloucester by Godfrey Kneller")
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 engraved by James Posselwhite (1798-1884) pub by William Mackenzie - (MeisterDrucke-208112).jpg "Portrait of John Locke engraved by James Posselwhite by Godfrey Kneller")
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 of Orange (see also 194651) - (MeisterDrucke-197335).jpg "Portrait of William III of Orange by Godfrey Kneller")
 of Orange (see also 194651) - (MeisterDrucke-197335).jpg)
.jpg "Sir Isaac Newton by Godfrey Kneller")
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.jpg "Lady Mary Berkeley, Wife of Thomas Chambers, ca. 1700 by Godfrey Kneller")
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 of Orange - (MeisterDrucke-150505).jpg "Portrait of William III of Orange by Godfrey Kneller")
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.jpg "Portrait of King George I of Great Britain by Godfrey Kneller")
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.jpg "Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford by Godfrey Kneller")
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_in_the_robes_of_the_Order_-_(MeisterDrucke-1028672).jpg "Portrait of Charles II of England in the Robes of the Order of the Garter by Godfrey Kneller")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1081199).jpg "Portrait of George I, King of Great Britain (1660-1727) by Godfrey Kneller")
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_in_his_coronation_robes_1727_-_(MeisterDrucke-255577).jpg "Portrait of Henry, 1st Viscount St. John (1652-1742) in His Coronation Robes, 1727 by Godfrey Kneller")
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 second wife of 1 - (MeisterDrucke-278028).jpg "Portrait of Angelina Magdalena, second wife of 1st Viscount St. John by Godfrey Kneller")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-145949).jpg "Portrait of Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds by Godfrey Kneller")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Woman as St. Agnes, Traditionally Identified as Catherine Voss by Godfrey Kneller")
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.jpg "Catharine Littleton, wife of John Floyer by Godfrey Kneller")
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.jpg "Sarah Duchess of Marlborough and Lady Fitzharding by Godfrey Kneller")
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_1690_8Gkilled_at_the_Battle_of_Steenkirk_in_1692_-_(MeisterDrucke-199490).jpg "General Hugh Mackay, killed at the Battle of Steenkirk in 1692 during the Nine Years")
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 Duke of Lauzun after a painting by Peter Lely (1618-80) - (MeisterDrucke-114402).jpg "Antoine-Nomper de Caumont (1633-1723) Duke of Lauzun, after a painting by Peter Lely by Godfrey Kneller")
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.jpg "Portrait of Lady Elizabeth Percy, Duchess of Somerset by Godfrey Kneller")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-65574).jpg "Portrait of King William III (1650-1702) by Godfrey Kneller")
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.jpg "Sir George Jeffreys, Welsh judge by Godfrey Kneller")
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.jpg "Portrait of Sir Edward Warner, Governor of the Tower, as a Knee Piece by Godfrey Kneller")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-161412).jpg "Grinling Gibbons by Godfrey Kneller")
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_and_Her_Son_Charles_Boyle_(d1720)_(oil_o_-_(MeisterDrucke-154300).jpg "Portrait of Lady Mary Boyle (1566-1673) and Her Son Charles Boyle (d.1720) by Godfrey Kneller")
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 1687 - (MeisterDrucke-195734).jpg "Portrait of Sir Charles Sedley (1639-1701) 1687 by Godfrey Kneller")
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 Austrian military commander in Spain during the War of The Spanish Succession - (MeisterDrucke-76815).jpg "Field Marshall Count Guidobald von Starhemberg (1654-1737), Austrian military commander in Spain during the War of The Spanish Succession by Godfrey Kneller")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Young Man Holding a Medal by Godfrey Kneller")
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.jpg "Joseph Addison by Godfrey Kneller")
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.jpg "Joseph Harwar, President of Magdalen College by Godfrey Kneller")
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.jpg "Portrait of Bishop Trelawny, one of the Seven Bishops who petitioned against James II")
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.jpg "A Woman, called Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, c.1715-20 by Godfrey Kneller")
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_by_Gottfried_Kneller_(1646-1726)_-_(MeisterDrucke-970816).jpg "The Philosopher in Meditation by Godfrey Kneller")
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 1711 - (MeisterDrucke-67241).jpg "Portrait of Sir Richard Steele (1711) by Godfrey Kneller")
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.jpg "Catherine Noel, Countess of Rutland by Godfrey Kneller")
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 second wife of 1 - (MeisterDrucke-284624).jpg "Portrait of Angelina Magdalena, second wife of 1st Viscount St. John in coronation robes, 1727 by Godfrey Kneller")
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.jpg "Charles Montagu, Earl of Halifax by Godfrey Kneller")
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.jpg "John Montagu, Duke of Montagu by Godfrey Kneller")
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.jpg "Charles, 2nd Viscount Townshend by Godfrey Kneller")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-238300).jpg "Charles Montagu, Earl of Halifax by Godfrey Kneller")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-280380).jpg "Sir Richard Steele by Godfrey Kneller")
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.jpg "Children of the Howard Family by Godfrey Kneller")
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.jpg "William III on a Grey Charger Observed by Neptune, Ceres and Flora. Mercury in the Sky and Astrea by Godfrey Kneller")
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.jpg "Grinling Gibbons, c.1690 by Godfrey Kneller")
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.jpg "Portrait of King James II of England and Ireland by Godfrey Kneller")
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.jpg "Henry, 3rd Lord Arundell of Wardour, Holding a Baton as Master of the Horse by Godfrey Kneller")
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.jpg "John Locke by Godfrey Kneller")
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.jpg "Elizabeth Barry by Godfrey Kneller")
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.jpg "Face of a man, three-quarters, looking directly at viewer, possibly a self-portrait by Godfrey Kneller")
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 copied by Edmund Dyer - (MeisterDrucke-214998).jpg "Sir Christopher Wren (1632-1723) copied by Edmund Dyer by Godfrey Kneller")
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.jpg "Portrait of Georg Ludwig von Hannover by Godfrey Kneller")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Lady by Godfrey Kneller")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-312970).jpg "Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough and Lady Fitzharding, pub. 1902 by Godfrey Kneller")
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 (see also 194650) - (MeisterDrucke-164644).jpg "Portrait of Queen Mary by Godfrey Kneller")
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.jpg "Portrait of the Ambassador Pyotr Ivanovich Potyomkin, 1682 by Godfrey Kneller")
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.jpg "Lady Jane Jackson by Godfrey Kneller")
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.jpg "Portrait of William, Lord Digby, 1715 by Godfrey Kneller")
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.jpg "Lady Henrietta Crofts, Duchess of Bolton by Godfrey Kneller")
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.jpg "Edward Strong, c.1710 by Godfrey Kneller")
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.jpg "Portrait of King Charles II by Godfrey Kneller")
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.jpg "Charles Beauclerk, Duke of St. Albans by Godfrey Kneller")
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.jpg "John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough by Godfrey Kneller")
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.jpg "John Tidcomb, Esquire by Godfrey Kneller")
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.jpg "The Right Reverend Father in God, Francis Lord Bishop of Rochester and Dean of Westminster by Godfrey Kneller")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-115758).jpg "Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, Print by John Faber by Godfrey Kneller")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1457541).jpg "Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester by Godfrey Kneller")
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.jpg "William Johnstone, 2nd Earl of Annandale and Hartfell, 1st Marquess of Annandale by Godfrey Kneller")
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.jpg "John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough by Godfrey Kneller")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1088896).jpg "Portrait of King George I of Great Britain by Godfrey Kneller")
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.jpg "Lucretia by Godfrey Kneller")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-114509).jpg "Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) by Godfrey Kneller")
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.jpg "Portrait of Anthony Leigh as Father Dominic in The Spanish Friar by Godfrey Kneller")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-104097).jpg "John Locke by Godfrey Kneller")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1081244).jpg "Portrait of a Boy, c.1700 by Godfrey Kneller")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-70244).jpg "The Lord Churchill")
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.jpg "Portrait of Brigadier-General Lord William Hay of Newham by Godfrey Kneller")
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.jpg "Edward Hopkins, Esquire by Godfrey Kneller")
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.jpg "Mr Thomas Betterton, Actor by Godfrey Kneller")
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.jpg "Portrait of the Duchess of Newcastle by Godfrey Kneller")
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 1688 - (MeisterDrucke-231514).jpg "James II, engraved by George Vertue, 1688 by Godfrey Kneller")
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.jpg "Richard Boyle, Earl of Burlington by Godfrey Kneller")
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.jpg "Portrait of Queen Mary II of England, Scotland and Ireland by Godfrey Kneller")
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 1702 - (MeisterDrucke-273368).jpg "Portrait of Isaac Newton (1642-1727) 1702 by Godfrey Kneller")
.jpg "Sir Isaac Newton by Godfrey Kneller")
 1st Duke of Marlborough - (MeisterDrucke-52771).jpg "Portrait of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough by Godfrey Kneller")
.jpg "Portrait of Sir Isaac Newton by Godfrey Kneller")