Later Stuart Portraits Catalogue
Michael Dahl (1659-1743), Portrait painter
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Portrait painter; b. Stockholm; studied in Sweden under Ehrenstrahl; came to England 1682; travelled in Europe from 1684 (in Rome converting to catholicism) before settling in London in March 1689; patronised by the Stuart Court but neglected by the Hanoverian; in 1731 described by Vertue, with Jervas and Richardson, as one of the ‘three foremost Old Masters’; his elderly, short figure occupies a prominent place in Gawen Hamilton’s gathering of artists painted in 1735.
‘a man of great Modesty and few words … remarkably eminent for his affability and good Nature Morality and Temper’ (Vertue).
This extended catalogue entry is from the National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Ingamells, National Portrait Gallery: Later Stuart Portraits 1685-1714, National Portrait Gallery, 2009, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.
‘a man of great Modesty and few words … remarkably eminent for his affability and good Nature Morality and Temper’ (Vertue).
This extended catalogue entry is from the National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Ingamells, National Portrait Gallery: Later Stuart Portraits 1685-1714, National Portrait Gallery, 2009, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.