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JAMESON (or JAMESONE), See also:GEORGE (c. 1587–1644)  , Scottish portrait-painter, was See also:born at See also:Aberdeen, where his See also:father was architect and a member of the guild . After studying See also:painting under See also:Rubens at See also:Antwerp, with Vandyck as a See also:fellow See also:pupil, he returned in 162o to Aberdeen, where he was married in 1624 and remained at least until 163o, after which he took up his See also:residence in See also:Edinburgh . He was employed by the magistrates of Edinburgh to copy several portraits of the Scottish See also:kings for presentation to See also:Charles I. on his first visit to See also:Scotland in 1633, and the See also:king rewarded him with a See also:diamond See also:ring from his own See also:finger . This circumstance at once established See also:Jameson's fame, and he soon found See also:constant employment, in painting the portraits of the Scottish See also:nobility and gentry . He also painted a portrait of Charles, which he declined to sell to the magistrates of Aberdeen for the See also:price they offered . He died at Edinburgh in 1644 .

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