SAIVE, Jan Baptist II - b. 1597 Mechelen, d. ~1641 Mechelen

Flemish painter, part of a family of painters, son of Jan Baptist I and sibling of the painter Frans Saive (documented 1599). Although little is known about his early career, it is most likely that he studied in the workshop of his father. His own paintings retain a strong stylistic affinity with those of his father, whose work show a clear influence of Lucas van Valckenborch. The oeuvre of Jan Baptist II remains less defined, and the works given to him appear to have more stylistic affinities with the work of Joachim Beuckelaer. It seems likely that father and son Saive ran a fairly large workshop that produced a number of large scale kitchens and markets in response to popular demand, and that the separation of their distinct artistic personalities remains problematic.