Clovio, Giulio Giorgio (called Il Macedone), a very eminent miniature painter of Croatia, was born in 1498. He was educated for the Church, but was discharged from the priesthood by a dispensation from the pope. After learning the elements of design in his own country, he visited Rome and entered the ' school of Giulio Romano. He executed an immense number of works, which are highly valued. The most celebrated are The Procession of Corpus Doing-
at, at Rome, painted in twenty-six pictures; and at Milan, in the Cistercian convent, a Descent from the Cross. He died in 1578. See Chalmers, Biographical Dictionary, s.v.; Spooner, Biographical History 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