van lint become a master in the guild of saint luke in 1633. in that same year he traveled to rome where he remained until 1640. in rome he worked for cardinal domenico ginnasi, bishop of ostia, who employed him to decorate the local cathedral. van lint also frescoed the cybo family chapel in the santa maria del popolo with the legend of the true cross in 1636-40. in addition to religious commissions, the artist painted numerous small genre scenes in the style of the bamboccianti. he spent time in paris from 1640 to 1641 where he possibly was in contact with poussin.