Bella, Stefano della a Florentine engraver, was born May 18, 1610. He was the son of a goldsmith,, and intended for that profession; but he soon manifested a genius for drawing, and was placed under the instruction of Cesare Dandini. He visited Paris in 1642, where he executed some plates for Heinrich, the uncle of Israel Sylvestre. He died at Florence, July 12, 1664. The following are some of his principal religious works: The Virgin Suckling the Infant Jesus; The Triumph of our Church; John the Baptist Getting Water with his Cup; The Virgin with the Infant Jesus on her Knee; The Holy Family; The Repose in Egypt, with St. Joseph Reading, Leaning against a Tree; a round plate of the Flight into Egypt, with the Heads of Angels. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.; Chalmers, Biog. Dict. s.v.; Spooner, Biog. Hist. of the Fine Arts, s.v.
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John McClintock was born October 27, 1814 in Philadelphia to Irish immigrants, John and Martha McClintock. He began as a clerk in his father's store, and then became a bookkeeper in the Methodist Book Concern in New York. Here he converted to Methodism and considered joining the ministry. McClintock entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1832 and graduated with high honors three years later. Subsequently, he was awarded a doctorate of divinity degree from the same institution in 1848.WikipediaRead More