Blanchard, Jacques a distinguished French painter, was born in Paris in 1600, and studied under his uncle, Nicolas Botteri. He was the first to establish a true and natural style of coloring, in which the French artists were very deficient. His chief works are two pictures that he painted for the Church of Notre Dame-one representing the Descent of the Holy Ghost, and the other St. Andrew Kneeling before the Cross. The following are some of his principal works: The Holy Family; another Holy Family, with St. Catharine and St. John; The Birth of the Virgin; St. Agnes Adoring the Infant Jesus. Blanchard died in 1638. See Spooner, Biog. Hist. of the Fine Arts, s.v.; Chalmers, Biog. Dict. 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