George Knapton

English painter (1698-1778)

1698 – 1778 ·

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Born: 1698, London
Died: 1778, Kensington
Worked in: London, Rome, Padua
Genre: portrait
Position held: Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures
artist files at: Frick Art Research Library
described by source: Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900
given name: George
has works in the collection: National Gallery of Victoria, National Gallery of Art, Yale Center for British Art, Dulwich Picture Gallery, Fitzwilliam Museum, Windsor Castle, Museum of Watford, Victoria and Albert Museum, National Maritime Museum, Getty Center, Musea Brugge, Bank of England Museum
instance of: human
sex or gender: male
sibling: Charles Knapton

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George Knapton (1698 – December 1778) was an English portrait painter who specialised in portrait painting. He was the first portraitist for the Society of Dilettanti in the 1740s, and served as Surveyor and Keeper of the King's Pictures from 1765 to 1778.

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