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Godfrey Kneller: George Byng (1663-1733), 1st Viscount Torrington  wikidata:Q50891003 reasonator:Q50891003
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 7 November 1723
Location of birth/death Lübeck London
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)
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artist QS:P170,Q65317
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Title
George Byng (1663-1733), 1st Viscount Torrington Edit this at Wikidata
label QS:Len,"Portrait of George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington (1663-1733)"
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Genre portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: Portrait of George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington (1663-1733)
Depicted people George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington Edit this at Wikidata
Date circa 1700
date QS:P571,+1700-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 127.5 cm (50.1 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 103 cm (40.5 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+127.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+103.0U174728
institution QS:P195,Q1199924
Accession number
BHC2589 (Royal Museums Greenwich) Edit this at Wikidata
References
Source/Photographer http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/14063.html

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