Carducci (Span. Cardicuho), Bartolomeo,
an eminent Italian painter, was born at Florence in 1561. He studied under Frederigo Zucchero, whom he assisted on the work of the great .cupola at Florence and while quite young, he painted two pictures for the church of the Jesuits, representing. The Annunciation. and The Nativity. The. work. which; above all others, established his reputation in Spin, is 'The Descent from the Cross, in the church of San Felipe, at Madrid. He died there -in 1610. 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