About this lot

Description

Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt. (British, 1646-1723)

Portrait of a gentleman, bust-length, in a brown coat and open neck white shirt
signed with monogram 'GK' (lower right)
oil on canvas
54.5 x 47cm



Provenance:
Christie's, London, 16th June 2000, lot 16



Footnote:

The informal pose and natural hair of the sitter and not the usual, with Kneller, full-length wig suggest the sitter is a friend, fellow artist, poet, academic or intellectual known to the painter.



Condition report:

Framed 72 x 61cm

54.5 x 46.8 stretcher measured from the back
54 x 46.5cm - original canvas
55.3 x 43.5cm sight size of the frame
58.7 x 47.8cm rebate size of the frame

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