Bellange, Jacques a French painter and engraver, was born at Chalons about 1610, and studied under Claude Henriot, a painter of Nancy, and Simon Vouet. As a painter, little is known of him. The following are his principal religious plates: The Annunciation; The Holy Family, with St. Catherine and St. John; The Adoration of the Magi; The Resurrection of Lazarus; Christ bearing his Cross; The Dead Saviour lying on the Knees of the Virgin Mary; The Martyrdom of St. Luciat. See Spooner, Biog. Hist. of the Fine Arts, s.v. Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale. 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