Beverense Antonio an Italian painter, labored at Venice in the second half of the 17th century. Lanzi thinks this artist was a native of Bavaria, for which reason, and his early return to his own country, he is not known in Italy as his merits deserve; that he was a disciple of the Bolognese school, and that in the College of the Nunziata is a picture of the Marriage of the Virgin, which displays great accuracy of design, superiority of forms, and an admirable chiaro-scuro. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, 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