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    John Closterman (also spelt Cloosterman, Klosterman; 1660 – 24 May 1711 (buried)) was a Westphalian portrait painter of the late 17th and early 18th centuries...
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  • Closterman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: John Closterman (1660–1711), German painter Winona Closterman (1877–1944), American...
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    General John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, 1st Prince of Mindelheim, 1st Count of Nellenburg, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, KG, PC (26 May 1650 –...
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    engraving by Robert White from a painting by or after the studio of John Closterman, now in the National Portrait Gallery in London. The first volume of...
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    close friend and one of her most influential advisors. Jennings married John Churchill (the future Duke of Marlborough) in about 1678. His sister, Arabella...
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    Brook Taylor (category Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge)
    Hall has a painting by John Closterman of Taylor aged about 12 with his brothers and sisters. See also NPG 5320: The Children of John Taylor of Bifrons Park...
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    Masham James Smith as Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin Mark Gatiss as John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough Jenny Rainsford as Mae Jennifer White...
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    Kunstmuseum Winterthur; and attributed to John Closterman, General Michael Richards and his Brother, General John Richards, at the siege of Belgrade now...
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    outstanding 18th-century plasterwork interiors. It is a Grade I listed building. John de Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Rotherfield, one of the original founder Knights...
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    dramatic work. One of the earliest known English operas, it owes much to John Blow's Venus and Adonis, both in structure and in overall effect. The influence...
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