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Artist
Circle of Godfrey Kneller  (1646–1723)  wikidata:Q65317 q:en:Godfrey Kneller
 
Circle of 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 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,Q4233718,P1776,Q65317
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description
English: So-called Portrait of Lady Sophia Bentinck (1701-1741), but is probably a depiction of Sophia of Hanover (1630-1714).
  • Identification proposed by user Ecummenic (talk) based on the comparison with some portraits of Princess Sophia (see images below).
Date between 1650 and 1700
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1700-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 163.8 cm (64.4 in); width: 120.6 cm (47.4 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,163.8U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,120.6U174728
Object history

Provenance:

  • Auction: 13 November 2018 (auctioned as "A portrait thought to be of Lady Sophia Bentinck, daughter of William Earl of Portland" by the Circle of Godfrey Kneller) [1]
  • Auction: 14 September 2019 [2]
  • Objet mis en vente par Laboratorio la Mole, Antiquaire généraliste, Via Montebello, Torino
Source/Photographer https://www.proantic.com/display.php?mode=obj&id=529044
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