Kneller, Sir Godfrey (1646‒1723)

Kneller, Sir Godfrey, portrait-painter, born at Lübeck; studied under Rembrandt and at Italy, came to England in 1674, and was appointed court painter to Charles II., James II., William III., and George I.; practised his art till he was seventy, and made a large fortune (1646‒1723).

Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)