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ID: 500018490
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500018490

 

Record Type: Person
Knapton, George (English painter and draftsman, 1698-1778)

Note: Noted for his paintings and portraits in pastel. Knapton was a founder-member of the Roman Club in 1723, a society of literary men and artists with aspirations to connoisseurship. Comment on works: Portraits

Names:
Knapton, George (preferred,V,index,Dutch-P,NA)
George Knapton (V,display)
G. Knapton (LU,U)
Knapton (LU,U)

Nationalities:
British (modern) (preferred)
English

Roles:
artist (preferred)
painter
pastelist
draftsman
connoisseur
portraitist

Gender: male

Birth and Death Places:
Born:  London (Greater London, England, United Kingdom) (inhabited place)
Died:  London (Greater London, England, United Kingdom) (inhabited place)

Related People or Corporate Bodies:
apprentice of ....  Richardson, Jonathan, the elder  1715-ca. 1722
........................  (English painter, writer, and collector, 1665-1745) [500020436]
sibling of ....  Knapton, Charles  
..................  (English engraver and landscapist, 1700-1760) [500008067]
teacher of ....  Cotes, Francis  
..................  (English portraitist, 1726-1770) [500115400]
teacher of ....  King, Margaret  
..................  (British painter and pastelist, active ca. 1779-1787) [500005626]

List/Hierarchical Position:
 ....  Persons, Artists
 ........  Knapton, George (I)

Biographies:
(English painter and draftsman, 1698-1778) ..... [VP Preferred]
(British, 1698-1778) ..... [GRLPA]
(British painter, 1698-1778) ..... [PROV]
(British artist, 1698-1778) ..... [WCP]
(British artist, 1698-1778) ..... [WCI]
(British artist, 1698-1778) ..... [WL-Courtauld]
(English painter, 1698-1778) ..... [Grove Art]
(British artist, 1698-1778) ..... [PROV]
(Unknown artist) ..... [PROV]
(English painter, 1698-1778) ..... [RKD]

Additional Names:

Sources and Contributors:
George Knapton ........ [PROV, VP]
..............................  Getty Provenance Index Databases [online] (1999)
..............................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
..............................  Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
G. Knapton ........ [PROV]
......................  Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
Knapton ........ [PROV]
.................  Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
Knapton, George ........ [GRISC Preferred, GRLPA Preferred, Grove Art Preferred, PROV Preferred, RKD Preferred, WCI Preferred, WCP Preferred, WL-Courtauld Preferred]
................................  Database for the Witt Checklist of Painters c. 1200-1976 (1978-)
................................  Grove Art artist database (1989-)
................................  M. Knoedler & Co. records, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2012-)
................................  Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
................................  RKD Artists database (2000-) 44999
................................  Witt Library, Authority files

Subject: ........ [GRISC, GRLPA, Grove Art, PROV, RKD, VP, WCI, WCP, WL-Courtauld]
....................  Database for the Witt Checklist of Painters c. 1200-1976 (1978-)
....................  Getty Provenance Index Databases [online] (1999)
....................  Grove Art artist database (1989-)
....................  M. Knoedler & Co. records, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2012-)
....................  Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
....................  RKD Artists database (2000-) 44999
....................  Thieme-Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der Künstler (1980-1986)
....................  Wikidata online (2000-) Q5541385
....................  Witt Library, Authority files
 
Note:
English .......... [PROV, VP, WL-Courtauld]
.......... Grove Dictionary of Art online (1999-2002) Accessed 06/25/2002.
.......... Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
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