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Godfrey Kneller: King George I of Great Britain and Ireland  wikidata:Q49207627 reasonator:Q49207627
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
Portrait of George I of Great Britain (1660-1727)
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Genre portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: This portrait was the first gift of art to Yale University, and was donated by the English merchant Elihu Yale, for whom Yale College was named. Courtesy of the Yale University Art Gallery, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
Depicted people George I of Great Britain Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1714
date QS:P571,+1714-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 127.3 cm (50.1 in); width: 103.5 cm (40.7 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,127.3U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,103.5U174728
institution QS:P195,Q1568434
Accession number
1718.1 (Yale University Art Gallery) Edit this at Wikidata
References Yale University Art Gallery ID: 1 Edit this at Wikidata
Source/Photographer Yale University Art Gallery

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