Jacob Maertensz Savery

(1560–1603) Flemish painter

Jacob Maertensz Savery (1560–1603) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Jacob Maertensz Savery belongs to the chapter ‘Mannerism’ in this site’s history of art.

Jacob Maertensz Savery was born in Kortrijk and died in Amsterdam. Jacob Maertensz Savery worked in Haarlem and Amsterdam. The students included Roelant Savery and Frans Pietersz de Grebber.

The best-known works include ‘St. Sebastian fair in a Flemish village’ and ‘Landscape with the story of Jephthah's daughter’. The catalogue has 13 works by Jacob Maertensz Savery with free images. The dated works span the years 1580–1600. Works by Jacob Maertensz Savery are held by several collections, among them Nationalmuseum, Mauritshuis, Rijksmuseum, and Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Gregorio Pagani, Bartolomeo Carducci, Juan Sánchez Cotán, Antonio Circignani, and Hendrick de Clerck.