Van Lint was born in Antwerp, the son of the painter Peter van Lint. He was a pupil of Peter van Bredael in 1697. Shortly afterwards he travelled to Rome where he joined the society of Netherlandish painters, the Schildersbent, and was given the nickname 'Studio'. He was a painter of landscapes and town views.
Hendrik Frans van Lint
1684 - 1726
Paintings by Hendrik Frans van Lint
We don't know where this castle and the surrounding landscape is located, but they are likely to be based on scenes Hendrik Frans van Lint saw when he was living in Italy. He was working with a group of Dutch and Flemish artists who returned home to the Netherlands to paint the mountainous scener...
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