SIR GODFREY KNELLER (1646-1723)
George II (1683-1760) when Prince of Wales
Signed and dated 1716RCIN 406073
By the time he executed this portrait Kneller had painted six British monarchs and been made a baronet. His style is bold, broad and effective in delivering a certain amount of majesty and a certain amount of manly directness and simplicity.
Presumably painted for the sitter
Cat. 237