Dahl, Michael
DAHL, MICHAEL (1656-1743), Swedish portrait painter, was born at Stockholm. He received his first professional education from Ernst Klocke, who had a respectable position in that northern town, which, however, Dahl left in his twenty-second year. His first destination was England, where he did not long remain, but crossed over to Paris, and made his way at last to Rome, there taking up his abode for a considerable time, painting the portraits of Queen Christina and other celebrities. In 1688 he returned to England, and became for some years a dangerous rival to Kneller. He died in London. His portraits still exist in many houses, but his name is not always preserved with them. Nagler (Kilnstlet --Lexicon) says those at Hampton Court and at Petworth contest the palm with those of the better known and vastly more employed painter.
Note - this article incorporates content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, (1910-1911)
