Volpato, Giovanni a distinguished Italian designer and engraver, was born at Bassano in 1738. He first practiced tapestry embroidery having learned it from his mother; at the same time, however, he occasionally practiced engraving without any regular instruction, and the success of his efforts in this line induced him to adopt engraving as a profession he settled at Venice-and entered the school of Bartfolozzi, afterwards went to Rome, and was employed by a society of dilettanti, who undertook to re-engrave all the works of Raphael in the Vatican. Volpato engraved on a large scale seven of the great works of Raphael in the stanze of the Vatican. They were published both in colors and plain, and form a splendid and valuable set of engravings. He was employed by Gavin Hamilton upon his Schola Italica Picture, and published many prints after the celebrated Italian masters, among which are the Farnese Gallery, after Annlibale Caracci; two Prophets and two Sibyls, after Michael Angelo. He died at Rome in 1803. Among the very many works of his hand we mention only the following: Christ Praying on the Mount, after Correggio: —Mary Magdalene at the Feet of Christ, after Paul Veronese: the Marriage of Cana, after Tintoretto: —and St. Peter Delivered from Prison, after Raphael. See 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