JI Smith Mezzotint Engraving Sir Godfrey Kneller 1694

JI Smith Mezzotint Engraving Sir Godfrey Kneller 1694JI Smith Mezzotint engraving after Sir Godfrey Kneller. Self Portrait. Trimmed on or to margins. 27 by 36. 4 cms image. 31. 2 by 40. 7 cms framed. Born in Germany, Godfrey Kneller trained in Amsterdam and travelled in Italy before settling in London in 1676. After the deaths of Peter Lely in 1680 and William Wissing in 1687, he established himself as the dominant portrait painter in England for the next 30 years: he was made Principal Painter to

Collection Sir David Tang

Provenance: GC Williamson Collection Exhibited: Victoria & Albert Museum

Thetis dipping Achilles into the River Styx

the ​“manners and customs” of Native cultures

William Woollett 1735-1785

South German School Late 17th

Inscribed on a label verso

Richard Westall R

Signed and Inscribed "Me

Century Portrait Miniature Painting of a young woman

Executed on Villedary watermark laid paper

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