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Gerardus Kneller

Maker

(artist)
1646-1723

(engraver)
1626 or 1627-ca. 1697 (Life dates)

Title

Gerardus Kneller

Date of Production

1683

Medium

Line engraving

Dimensions

Height: 9.8 cm
Width: 8.6 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.4618

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords




Notes

"Gerardus Kneller" does not match either a painter (pictor) or a known relative of Godfrey Kneller. Could "Gerardus" be a deformation of "Godefridus" ("Godfrey")? This would make the image a self-portrait.

Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Stamp: Recto: upper right, stamped in black: WITT / LIBRARY

Inscription: Recto: upper centre, printed above image: GERARD. KNELLER. PIC

Inscription: Recto: lower centre, typed: Sir. G. KNELLER (?)

Inscription: Recto: lower left, pencil: 1339

Inscription: Recto: lower right, black ink: Godfrey Kneller / engraving by / R. Collin, Brussels 1683 / poss. after a K. self-port / from Sandrart

Stamp: Recto: lower right, stamped in blue: M

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