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Biography

Born in Antwerp in 1609, Peter van Lint began his apprenticeship under the painter Roelant Jacops. In 1624, he entered the workshop of Artus Wolffort where he studied the paintings of the great masters of the city, as Rubens and Martin de Vos. He obtained his membership as a master of the Guild of Saint Luke in 1632. A year later he left for Rome, where he worked at the service of Cardenal Domenico Gimnasio, Bishop of Ostia. He studied Classical Antiquity and the Bolognese school but was also influenced by genre painting. During this period he painted the Cybo family Chapel in Santa Maria del Poppolo with the Legend of the True. On his return to Antwerp in 1642, he married Elisabeth Willemnys and settled in the city working for important patrons such as the monarch Christian IV of Denmark and Jean de Wachtendonck, bishop of Namur. His production includes religious paintings in classicizing style, copies of Rubens’ work for the Antwerp art leaders, the designing of tapestries, and the creation of small-scale devotional works for the Spanish and American markets.

Bibliography

• M. S. de la Pisa Carrión (2019): Peter van Lint, un caso problemático en la pintura flamenca del siglo XVII, vol. II, (PhD Universidad Complutense Madrid), Madrid.
• M. Díaz Padrón (1978): "La obra de Pierre van Lint en España", Goya, nº 145, Madrid, pp. 2-19.