Valpuesta, Pedro a Spanish painter, born at Osma, in Old Castile, in 1614. He is said to have studied with Eugenio Caxes; whose style he was the most successful in. imitating. He died at Madrid in 1688. His principal works are in the churches and convents at Madrid. The most important are a series of pictures representing the life of the Virgin, in the Church of San Miguel; The Holy Family, in the chapel of the Hospital del Buensuceso; six pictures of the history of St. Clara, in the convent of the Franciscan Nuns. 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