Christoffel jegher biography of michael

          Indeed, Jegher's place in art history as the most important woodcutter of his time rests exclusively on the nine large single-page woodcuts that resulted from.

        1. Indeed, Jegher's place in art history as the most important woodcutter of his time rests exclusively on the nine large single-page woodcuts that resulted from.
        2. Christoffel Jegher (c - ) was active/lived in Germany.
        3. Biography According to the RKD he was the father of the engraver Jan Christoffel.
        4. Woodcut portrait of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (r.
        5. Born in Antwerp in , into the family of a prominent lawyer and alderman, given a classical education and boarded in a noble household so he.

          6. Biography According to the RKD he was the father of the engraver Jan Christoffel..

          Christoffel Jegher

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          Christoffel Jegher (Flemish, 1596-1652/53)
          The Temptation of Christ
          1633; after Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)
          Woodcut

          Hollstein, 6 (ii/iii); Schneevoogt, 138; Nagler, 8; Le Blanc 6
          Inscription on recto l.l.

          (on stone) “C.I.”; in margin l.l. “P.P. Rub. Delin.& exc.”; l.c.

          The artist collaborated with several prominent printmakers over the course of his life, all of whom made works of great artistic value under his supervision.

          “CUM Privilegiis.”; l.r. “Christoffel Jegher. Sc.”

           

          Learn more about Christoffel Jegher's work 
          from Westmont Art Major, Abigail Stadtlander


          Christoffel Jegher was a printmaker born in Antwerp, Belgium who held a job at the Antwerp publishin