Jordaens, Jakob an eminent Flemish painter, was born at Antwerp, May 19, 1594, studied under Adam van Oort, and copied the pictures of Titian and Paul Veronese. He was employed by the king of Spain to do some important work. His paintings are very numerous, and abound in the churches and public edifices of the Netherlands. Some of the most celebrated are St. Apollonia, in the church of the Augustines at Antwerp; Christ Disputing with the Doctors, in that of St. Walburg at Fumes; The Triumphal Entry. He died at Antwerp, October 18, 1678. There are a few other etchings by him, among which are the following: The Flight into Egypt; Christ Driving the Traders from the Temple; The Descent from the Cross. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.; Spooner, Biog. Hist. 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