(d. 1723)
Kneller was born in Germany, trained in Amsterdam under Rembrandt's pupil Bol, studied in Rome, and worked in England from the 1670s. He served as the official court artist under two dynasties and was the first painter in England to be made a baronet. Many of his works are on display in the National Portrait Gallery and the Tate. His best known works area series of 42 portraits painted between 1702 and 1717 of members of the Whig dining society known as the Kit-Kat Club, presided over by Joseph Addison. Kneller's only serious rival in London was the Swedish painter Michael Dahl (1659?-1743).
Kneller Portraits of Stuart Monarchs
Portrait of Sir Isaac Newton (1702)
Portrait of John Banckes