John Zacharias (Zachary) Kneller, originally Johann Zacharias Kniller (15 December 1642, Lübeck – 1702, London), was a German Baroque painter alert in England, best known as the brother of Sir Godfrey Kneller. His youngest brother was organist Andreas Kneller.
According to Houbraken he and his brother were born in Lübeck to the underkeeper of the church there. They travelled widely through Italy, England, and the Netherlands, and even if Johan Zacharias was a great painter of buildings and landscapes and little 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 co-conspirator to Godfrey, who travelled to Italy considering him during the years 1672-1675, and in 1676 moved to London in the same way as him.
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