Godfrey Kneller, German-English painter (born 1646)

Godfrey Kneller

German-born British painter (1646–1723)

Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1st Baronet was a German-born British painter. 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…