son of the preceding, an eminent French painter, was born in Paris in 1657. He studied under his father, and gained the first prize in the Academy in 1675, which enabled him to prosecute his studies in Rome. In 1680 he returned to Paris, and was elected a royal academician. He was employed te paint for the churches of Notre Dame and St. Augustine; in the former there are two of his best pictures, The Purification and the Flight into Egypt. The following are some of his principal plates: The Holy Family; The Holy Family, with St. John; The Dead Christ, with the Marys and Disciples; The Roman Charity. He died in Paris, Nov. 2, 1733. See Spooner, Biog. Hist. of the Fine Arts, s.v.; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Gen., 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