Bolognini, Giovanni Battista an Italian painter and. engraver, was born at, Bologna in 1612, and studied under Guido. He died in 1689. He executed several pictures for the churches at Bologna, among which are the Virgin and Infant, with Magdalen and Saints, in Santa Maria Nuova;, the Dead Christ, with the Virgin, St. John, and others, in the Church of the Servi; and the Conception, in Sinta Lucia. The following are some of his principal prints: The Murder of the Innocents; Peter made dead of the Church; and the Crucifixion. 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