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Artists›Godfrey Kneller

Godfrey Kneller

1646–1723

WA-00017200

Lübeck, Germany

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WikidataQ65317

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Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
BiographyWikipedia· 88%
NationalityArtsy· 85%

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Artsy (bulk)https://www.artsy.net/artist/godfrey-kneller
Tier 1 · Institutional85%
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Tier 1 · Institutional40%

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago

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Artworks (9)

Bust of Woman in Profile to Left

1725 · Red chalk, with stumping, on cream laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper

13.6 × 10.1 cm (5 3/8 × 4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of a Woman, Called Maria Taylor Byrd

1700 · Oil on canvas

49 1/2 x 40 in. (125.7 x 101.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Lady Mary Berkeley

1695 · Oil on canvas

29 x 25 in. (73.7 x 63.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Grinling Gibbons

1690 · Mezzotint

sheet: 13 3/8 x 10 5/16 in. (34 x 26.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study of a young girl

1690 · Black chalk

Sheet: 8 1/16 × 5 7/8 in. (20.5 × 14.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Charles Beauclerk (1670–1726), Duke of St. Albans

1690 · Oil on canvas

49 7/8 x 40 1/2 in. (126.7 x 102.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Earl of Mountrath

1666 · Pen and brown ink with brush and gray wash, heightened with lead white (partly discolored), over black chalk, on tan laid paper

22.5 × 17.9 cm (8 7/8 × 7 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of Court Lady with Mastiff

1666 · Pen and brown ink, and brush and gray wash, hieghtened with lead white (discolored), over graphite, on pale brown laid paper

40.9 × 29.5 cm (16 1/8 × 11 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Infant St. John the Baptist

1646 · red chalk, with stumping over traces of graphite

Sheet: 32 x 21.2 cm (12 5/8 x 8 3/8 in.); Secondary Support: 32.2 x 21.3 cm (12 11/16 x 8 3/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (3)

9 published of 9 catalogued · 9 with image

The Met
5 published5 img
Art Institute Chicago
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Cleveland Museum of Art
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1 entries · 1 sources

The Infant St. John the Baptist
1646 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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The Infant St. John the Baptist (fourth quarter 17th century or first quarter 18th century)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of Court Lady with Mastiff (n.d.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago

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