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File:Portrait of the Leopold, Count of Auersperg (1662-1705) by Sir Godfrey Kneller.jpg

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Portrait of the Leopold, Count of Auersperg (1662-1705) by Sir Godfrey Kneller

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English: Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt.

Portrait of the Leopold, Count of Auersperg (1662-1705)

inscribed and dated lower right: Count Auversberg. / G. Kneller: fecit / 1696. and further inscribed on the reverse: Count Auversberg / Envoy Extraordinary / from the Emperor to King William / Godfrey Kneller fecit / 1696

oil on canvas, oval

Leopold, Count of Auersperg acted as Austrian envoy in London between 1694 and 1700 before settling in Turin. He married in 1703, Susanna, Countess von Martinitz (1670-1717) and was awarded the Order of the Golden Fleece.
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Source https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2012/old-master-british-paintings-day-sale-l12037/lot.334.html
Author
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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creator QS:P170,Q65317

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