Artist: George Knapton (1698 - 1778)
Nationality: British
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Media: Painting
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Biography:
George Knapton studied under Richardson before spending the years from 1725 to 1732 in Italy. In 1736, he became a core member of the Society of Dilettanti and the group’s official painter. He created twenty-three oil portraits of the group’s members, paintings that are considered his best work. Knapton was also a well-known art connoisseur and was employed as the Keeper of the King’s Pictures from 1765 until his death.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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George Knapton, [Bird with fish], 1736
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George Knapton, [Ships at Sea], 17th - 18th century
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George Vertue, Portrait Nicolas Tindal, after G. Knapton, 1738
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George Knapton, [Tree in a landscape], 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton, The Pantheon, Rome, 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton, [Figures in a landscape], 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton, [landscape with man and a child], 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton, [Triumphal Arch], 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton, [Statues and Ruins], 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton, [Triumphal Arch], 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton, [Roman Ruins], 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton, [Roman Ruins], 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton, [Landscape with a Ruin], 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton, The Pantheon, Rome, 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton, [River landscape with high mountain in the background], 1736
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George Knapton, [Landscape with tree in the foreground], 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton, St. Pauls Preaching at Athens, 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton, St. Pauls Preaching at Athens, 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton, [Three figures among Roman Ruins], 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton, [Two men sitting by a river, one with a bird on his arm], 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton, [Figures among Roman Ruins], 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton, [River landscape with boat], 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton, [Soldiers outside the walls of a town], 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton, [landscape with children bathing in a river], 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton, [landscape with people bathing in a river], 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton, [River landscape with people in a boat], 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton, [landscape with two men in right foreground, one holding a bird on his hand], 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton, [landscape with man and child; woman hiding at left], 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton, [landscape with soldiers standing near a tree at left], 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton, [landscape with ruined old building in left foreground], 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton, [landscape with boat on a river, castle in the background at right], 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton, [soldier resting by the river, a bridge in the background], 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton, [landscape with trees at centre, two men at left and castle in the background], 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton, [landscape with man sitting by a river, bridge and building in the background at right], 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton, [Landscape with a river crossed by an old bridge, ruins in the background], 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton, [landscape with overgrown ruined structure at left, a city in the backgrond], 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton, [landscape with overgrown ruined structure at left, a city in the backgrond], 17th - 18th century
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Girl Building a House of Cards Attributed to George Knapton (British, 1698-1778)Oil on canvas; 30
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George Biddle, George Santayana (profile), 1952
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George Romney, George, First Marquis of Townshend, 1792

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Further Artwork and Information:

George Knapton Online
George Knapton (1698 - 1778) Biography, Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
A Graduate of Merton College, Oxford
KNAPTON Genealogy
American Family Immigration History Center
Fowler Family Tree - pafg09.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Knapton & Co Real Estate
Chatsworth House, Derbyshire: The State Dining Room
ImageBase
ALTHORP

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