Johann Zacharias Kneller

John Zacharias (Zachary) Kneller, originally Johann Zacharias Kniller (15 December 1642, Lübeck – 1702, London), was a German Baroque painter active in England, best known as the brother of Sir Godfrey Kneller.

[1] His youngest brother was organist Andreas Kneller.

[2] According to Houbraken, he and his brother were born in Lübeck to the underkeeper of the church there.

[3] They travelled widely through Italy, England, and the Netherlands but he never achieved the fame of his brother, who had been a Rembrandt pupil.

[3] According to the RKD, he was the older brother and assistant to Godfrey, who travelled to Italy with him during the years 1672–1675.