Plane, Giovanni Maria Delle (called Il Molina retto), a Genoese painter, was born at Genoa in the year 1660. According to Ratti, he studied under Gio.Battisti Gaulli, whose style he adopted, and distiinguished himself by some excellent works which he executed for the churches at Genoa, but more by the excellence of his portraits. Lanzi highly extols his Decodation of St. John the Baptist, at Sestri di Ponente. He also says that he was particilarly excellent in portraits, anmd that Genoa is full of his works in this branch. He was also invited to Parma and Piacenza, where he furnished the court with portraits, and executed some works for the churehes. He was afterwards invited to Naples by king Charles of Bourbon, who appointed him his painter, with, a liberal pension, and he continued, in this service, till his death in 1745.
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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