Gerardus Kneller
Maker
(artist)
1646-1723
(engraver)
1626 or 1627-ca. 1697 (Life dates)
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
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
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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