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Godfrey Kneller: Sir John Vanbrugh  wikidata:Q28044940 reasonator:Q28044940
Artist
Godfrey Kneller  (1646–1723)  wikidata:Q65317 q:en:Godfrey Kneller
 
Godfrey Kneller
Alternative names
Gottfried Kneller, Birth name: Gottfried Kniller
Description German painter, drawer, engraver and miniaturist
Date of birth/death 8 August 1646 Edit this at Wikidata 19 October 1723 / 27 October 1723 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Lübeck Edit this at Wikidata London Edit this at Wikidata
Work period between circa 1660 and circa 1723
date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1660-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1723-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location
Leiden (circa 1660–1665), Rome, Venice (1672–1675), Nuremberg, Hamburg (1674–1676), London (1676–1723), France (1684–1685)
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q65317
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Portrait of John Vanbrugh
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Description

Vanbrugh is wearing the badge of office of Clarenceux King of Arms, a position he held from 1704 to 1725.

The painting is from about 1704–1710, when Vanbrugh was 40–45 years old.
Depicted people John Vanbrugh Edit this at Wikidata
Date ca. 1704-1710
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 91.4 cm (35.9 in); width: 71.1 cm (27.9 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,91.4U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,71.1U174728
institution QS:P195,Q238587
Accession number
NPG 3231
Notes It was digitized with a scanner from the cover of "Sir John Vanbrugh: A Biography", and uploaded to :en by en:User:Bishonen. The horizontal white marks are cracks in the actual painting's varnish, not scanner artifacts.
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National Portrait Gallery: NPG 3231

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