John Zacharias (Zachary) Kneller, originally Johann Zacharias Kniller (15 December 1642,
Lübeck
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– 1702,
London
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), was a German Baroque painter active in England, best known as the brother of
Sir Godfrey Kneller
Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1st Baronet (born Gottfried Kniller; 8 August 1646 – 19 October 1723), was the leading portrait painter in England during the late 17th and early 18th centuries, and was court painter to English and British monarchs from ...
. His youngest brother was organist
Andreas Kneller
Andreas Kneller (variants: Kniller, Knöller, Knüller) (23 April 1649 – 24 August 1724) was a German composer and organist of the North German school.
Life
Born in Lübeck, he was the younger brother of portrait painter Sir Godfrey Kneller. ...
.
[Horace Fishback, Ulf Grapenthin: "Kneller (Kniller, Knöller, Knüller), Andreas". ''Oxford Music Online. Grove Music Online''. Oxford University Press, 2001–]
Biography
According to Houbraken he and his brother were born in Lübeck to the underkeeper of the church there.
[Johann Zacharias Kneller Biography]
in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by Arnold Houbraken
Arnold Houbraken (28 March 1660 – 14 October 1719) was a Dutch painter and writer from Dordrecht, now remembered mainly as a biographer of Dutch Golden Age painters.
Life
Houbraken was sent first to learn ''threadtwisting'' (Twyndraat) fr ...
, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
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They travelled widely through Italy, England, and the Netherlands, and though Johan Zacharias was a good painter of buildings and landscapes and small portrait works, he never achieved the fame of his brother, who had been a
Rembrandt pupil.
[
According to the RKD he was the older brother and assistant to Godfrey, who travelled to Italy with him during the years 1672–1675, and in 1676 moved to London with him.][Johann Zacharias Kneller]
in the RKD
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References
Johann Zacharias Kneller
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1642 births
1702 deaths
German Baroque painters
Artists from Lübeck