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Pieter van Lint
(Antwerp, 1609 – 1690)
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Century Flemish
Painter of mythological scenes, religious works and murals.
Also known as Pierre Lint, he was a disciple of Artus Wolffort, and in 1633 he appears registered as a master in the Guild of Saint Luke in Antwerp. In that same year he travelled to Rome, remaining there until 1640 working for Cardinal Domenico Ginnasio, Bishop of Ostia, in the city’s cathedral, and for the chapel of the Cibo family in Santa Maria del Popolo in Rome, where he created a suite of works on the legend of the True Cross. There his work became deeply influenced by the style of Bolognese artists, especially Guercino.
On his return to Antwerp he entered the service of King Christian IV of Denmark. At that time he created small-scale religious works highly influenced by Italian
Classicism
A movement in art, literature and music which advocated a return to the harmony, simplicity and balance that defined Classical Antiquity. In the arts, it emerged with the Renaissance, when it became the new aesthetic canon in the quest for perfection, and was the prevailing movement in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. With the appearance of Romanticism, it entered into decline until it gradually lost all traction with the advent of the early avant-gardes in the twentieth century.
, conceived for the Spanish market and for Spain’s colonies in America, through his dealer Matthijs Musson.