DAHL, MICHAEL , Swedish portrait painter, was born at Stockholm. In 1688 he settled in England, and be came for some years a dangerous rival to Kneller. He painted portraits of Princess Anne (afterwards queen), Prince George of Denmark and others. Through Prince George, he obtained a com mission to paint the portraits of many naval officers for Greenwich Hospital. Much of his best work is at Hampton Court and at Petworth. He died in London on Oct. 20, 1743, having out-lived his great popularity.
See W. Nisser, Michael Dahl and the Contemporary School of Paint ing in England (1928) .