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Portrait c. 1685, by Kneller (New Orleans Museum of Art)

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2020-07-07

'In men, desire begets love; in women, love begets desire' - attr. Barbara, Viscountess Fitzharding (c.1654-1708). Barbara (L) with Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, painted c. 1702 by Sir Godfrey Kneller.
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2020-06-22

Born in 1630: of England, Scotland & Ireland (1630-85)

Portrait by (1646-1723), ca. 1685

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2020-05-29

Born in 1660: King of Great Britain & Ireland (1660-1727)

Portrait by (1646-1723), 1716

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2020-05-28

Born in 1650: English soldier and statesman Duke of Marlborough, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire

Portrait after (1646-1723), ca 1690

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2020-05-26

Born in 1653: Prince and Norway, Duke of Cumberland (1653-1708), son of husband of of Great-Britain

Portrait by (1646-1723), ca. 1704

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2020-04-02

One of the most remarkable portraits in . Lady Elizabeth Cromwell by Kneller (1702) has the feel of something produced at the end of the century rather than the start. Great rococo frame though.

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2020-04-01

➡️Sarah Churchill, duchesse de Marlborough, par Charles Jervas, vers 1714.
➡️La duchesse de Marlborough, par Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1702 (avec la clé d'or, symbole de sa charge).
Femme influente par sa complicité avec la reine Anne de Grande-Bretagne.

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2020-03-08

Born in 1683: (1683-1737), Queen of Great Britain as wife of King

Portrait by Godfrey (1646-1723), 1716

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2020-03-01

Willem Wissing(1656-1687)Dutch portrait artist, worked in England. Studied @ The Hague under Willem Doudijns & Arnoldus van Ravestyn. Godfrey Kneller was the only contemporary portrait artist in England to rival Wissing.

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2020-02-04

Godfrey Kneller (August 8, 1646- October 19, 1723) was an England painter

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2019-11-12

Kneller very helpfully painted the latest character on the anvil: William Talbot, who was successively bishop of and Notoriously ambitious, Talbot made the most of his final appointment as a 'Prince Bishop' having missed out on

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2019-08-08

“Edward and Lady Mary Howard” by Godfrey Kneller

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2019-08-06

next we have Andrea Lewis (she) Bahiya Iman (she) Carwyn Kneller (they) and Florent Deniau (he)

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2019-06-11

Mary's father in law, Francis Newport 1st Earl of Bradford amassed the art collection now at , buying from sales including that of the executors of painter Peter Lely. Francis is shown here painted by Sir Godfrey Kneller

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2019-05-10

All of us here who've seen at the cinema have loved it. Portraits of the real women in that rather strained love triangle - Queen Anne (from Drawing Room ceiling at Hampton Court via archive) + Abigail Masham + Sarah Churchill by Godfrey Kneller

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2019-01-15

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Godfrey Kneller (8 Aug 1646–19 Oct 1723), English painter of German birth.

"Kneller made a number of powerful full-length portraits in 1685, including this one of the English statesman and writer 'Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester' (London, N.P.G.)."

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2018-08-09

German-born painter Sir Godfrey Kneller was born on this date in 1646. This is "Elijah and the Angel."

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2018-08-08

Queen Anne; William, Duke of Gloucester after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt oil on canvas, (circa 1CC-BY

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2018-02-02