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SIR GODFREY KNELLER

SIR GODFREY KNELLER (1646-1723), portrait-painter, born at Lübeck; studied under Rembrandt and at Italy, came to England in 1674, and was appointed court painter to Charles II., James II., William III., and George I.; practised his art till he was seventy, and made a large fortune.

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