Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1690 - Charles Beauclerk (1670–1726), Duke of St. Albans - fine art print

Artwork specifications from the museum's website (© Copyright - by The Metropolitan Museum of Art - The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

The broad brushwork is a hallmark of Kneller’s style. The sitter (1620-1726, presuming he is correctly identified as the Duke of St. Albans), was the illegitimate son of Charles II by the actress Nell Gwynn.

Specifications of the artwork, which has the title "Charles Beauclerk (1670–1726), Duke of St. Albans"

In 1690 Sir Godfrey Kneller created the artpiece. The 330 years old painting had the size: 49 7/8 x 40 1/2 in (126,7 x 102,9 cm). Oil on canvas was used by the painter as the technique for the masterpiece. It is in the the digital collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which is one of the world's largest and finest art museums, which includes more than two million works of art spanning five thousand years of world culture, from prehistory to the present and from every part of the globe.. With courtesy of: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of Jacob Ruppert, 1939 (license: public domain). Furthermore, the artwork has the creditline: Bequest of Jacob Ruppert, 1939. Further, the alignment of the digital reproduction is in portrait format with a ratio of 1 : 1.2, which implies that the length is 20% shorter than the width. The painter Sir Godfrey Kneller was a European artist from Germany, whose art style can mainly be classified as Baroque. The European painter lived for a total of 77 years - born in the year 1646 and died in 1723.

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