Godfrey Kneller

1694

John Smith after Sir Godfrey Kneller

Associated Names
John Smith

Artist, English, probably 1652 - 1742

Sir Godfrey Kneller

Artist After, English, 1646 - 1723

The image depicts a portrait showing the upper half of a man's body. He is positioned facing forward with his body slightly turned to the left while looking directly at the viewer. The man has full facial features, with a slightly rounded face adorned with long, curly hair that flows down past his shoulders. He is dressed in an elegant, high-collared shirt beneath a flowing, draped garment. His right hand is visible, gesturing towards the center of his chest. The background is a simple, darkened oval that frames the portrait. Text is displayed beneath the portrait, providing identification and attribution details.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    mezzotint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Paul Mellon Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 34.1 x 25 cm (13 7/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 34.8 x 25.4 cm (13 11/16 x 10 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.118.48

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Chaloner Smith 1884, no. 150, State ii or iii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Christopher Lennox-Boyd; (Nicholas Stogdon, Oxford); purchased 2001 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1884

  • Smith, John Chaloner. British mezzotinto portraits, being a descriptive catalogue of these engravings from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century. 4 vols. London: Henry Sotheran and Co., 1884.

1926

  • Russell, Charles Edward. English Mezzotint Portraits and Their States. 2 vols. London: Halton and Truscott Smith, Ltd., 1926.

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: Godfridus Schalcken / Hanc suam Effigiem pinxit Effegiem pinxit Londini 694; lower right in plateI Smith fec: & exc:

Wikidata ID

Q76346440

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