Jean-Baptiste le Saive the Elder

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Jean-Baptiste le Saive the Elder (also Jean le Saive , Jean de Namur le Jeune , Jan Baptiste le Saive , Jan Baptist le Saive ; * 1571 in Namur , † 1624 in Mechelen ) was a Flemish Baroque painter .

Le Saive was probably trained by his father, Jean le Saive . He married Marie Wyaerts (also Wiaertsen) in 1603; The three children Maximilien, Théodore and Jean-Baptiste emerged from this marriage . The paintings Le baptême du Christ ( The Baptism of Christ ) and the altarpiece Le combat de David et Goliath ( The battle of David and Goliath ) in the Saint-Rombaut Cathedral in Mechelen are attributed to him. His style was strongly influenced by Joachim Beuckelaer .

literature

  • Alfred Bequet: Les deux De Saive, peintres namurois. In: Annales de la Société archéologique de Namur. Vol. 6, 1859/1860, ZDB -ID 401811-4 , pp. 453-464.
  • Adolphe Siret: Jean de Saive. In: Annales de la Société archéologique de Namur. Vol. 6, 1859/1860, pp. 303-308.
  • Emmanuel Neeffs: Les deux Le Saive. In: Annales de la Société archéologique de Namur. Vol. 12, 1872/1873, pp. 85-99.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Dictionnaire des peintres belges: biography of LE SAIVE, Jean II

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personal data
SURNAME Saive, Jean-Baptiste le, the elder
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Saive, Jean le; Jean de Namur le Jeune; Saive, Jan Baptiste le; Saive, Jan Baptist le
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Flemish baroque painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1571
PLACE OF BIRTH Namur
DATE OF DEATH 1624
Place of death Mechelen