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city he was removed to Amfterdam, and placed un-
der Rembrandt *. but, net contented with that man-
ner of painting, where exact defign was wanting,
his father fent him into Italy at the age of feventeen.
He ftudied at Rome under Carlo Maratti and
Bernini, and began to acquire fame in hiftory-
painting, having ftudied architecture and anatomy;
the latter difpofing him to relifh the antique, and to
improve by it. He then removed to Venice, where he
received great civility from the Donati, Gartoni, and
other noble families, for whom he painted feveral
hiftortes, portraits, and family pictures, by which
his fame was confiderably increafed in that city.
This, however, could not detain him there: by
the importunity of fome friends, he was prevailed on
to come to England, where his fkili and merit foon
made him known. He drew the picture of Charles II.
by the recommendation of the Duke of Monmouth,
more than once; and his majefty was fo fatisfied with
his fkill, that he ufed to come and fit to him at his
houie, in the Piazza of Covent Garden. He was
fent by this prince into France, to paint the French
king's picture, (Louis XIV.) where he had the
honour likewife of painting rnoft of the royal family;
but this did not influence him to ftay long in that
kingdom, although it happened at the death of his
great patron Charles II.
At his return he was well received by king James
and his queen, and conftantly employed by them,
till the revolution; af;er which, he continued prin-
cipal painter to king William, who knighted him.
Neither the king or queen ever fat to any other per-
fon : and if is remarkable of this painter, that he had
the
city he was removed to Amfterdam, and placed un-
der Rembrandt *. but, net contented with that man-
ner of painting, where exact defign was wanting,
his father fent him into Italy at the age of feventeen.
He ftudied at Rome under Carlo Maratti and
Bernini, and began to acquire fame in hiftory-
painting, having ftudied architecture and anatomy;
the latter difpofing him to relifh the antique, and to
improve by it. He then removed to Venice, where he
received great civility from the Donati, Gartoni, and
other noble families, for whom he painted feveral
hiftortes, portraits, and family pictures, by which
his fame was confiderably increafed in that city.
This, however, could not detain him there: by
the importunity of fome friends, he was prevailed on
to come to England, where his fkili and merit foon
made him known. He drew the picture of Charles II.
by the recommendation of the Duke of Monmouth,
more than once; and his majefty was fo fatisfied with
his fkill, that he ufed to come and fit to him at his
houie, in the Piazza of Covent Garden. He was
fent by this prince into France, to paint the French
king's picture, (Louis XIV.) where he had the
honour likewife of painting rnoft of the royal family;
but this did not influence him to ftay long in that
kingdom, although it happened at the death of his
great patron Charles II.
At his return he was well received by king James
and his queen, and conftantly employed by them,
till the revolution; af;er which, he continued prin-
cipal painter to king William, who knighted him.
Neither the king or queen ever fat to any other per-
fon : and if is remarkable of this painter, that he had
the