Godfrey Kneller: James Vernon (c.1680–1756) |
Artist | Godfrey Kneller (1646–1723) | | Alternative names | Gottfried Kneller, Birth name: Gottfried Kniller | Description | German painter, drawer, engraver and miniaturist | Date of birth/death | 8 August 1646 | 19 October 1723 / 27 October 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 | | Authority file | | artist QS:P170,Q65317 | |
Title | James Vernon (c.1680–1756) label QS:Len,"Portrait of James Vernon, aged 14 (1677-1756)" |
Object type | painting object_type QS:P31,Q3305213 |
Genre | portrait |
Depicted people | James Vernon the younger |
Date | circa 1691 date QS:P571,+1691-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 (date sitter was 14) or between circa 1690 and circa 1697date QS:P571,+1690-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1690-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1697-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 (date given by GAC) |
Medium | oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
Dimensions | height: 185 cm (72.8 in); width: 120 cm (47.2 in) dimensions QS:P2048,185U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,120U174728 |
Collection | institution QS:P195,Q5588677 |
Current location | |
Accession number | 2094 |
Object history | |
Inscriptions | Caption verso on old lining (now removed and preserved): No 6 This Portrait of Mr. IAs VERNON at the age of XIV, was painted by Sir G. KNELLER as an acknowledgement of the obligation he owed to Mr Secretary VERNON his father for having introduced him to the Duke of Monmouth, by which means he obtained the Patronage of K. Charles the IId which had ...the foundation of that considerable Fortune, he afterwards made. DASHWOOD HEIRLOOM NO 1 |
References | object page, GAC |
Source/Photographer | Art UK |