Christoffel Jegher
Illustration — Jesus and St John the Baptist in their Childhood, after a design by Rubens Christoffel Jegher (1596, Antwerp – 1652, Antwerp) was a Flemish Baroque engraver.
Also recorded as Christophel Jegers · Christoffel Jeghers · Christophe Jegher · Christofel Jeghers
Christoffel Jegher
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- Born
- 1596 · Antwerp.
- Died
- 1652 · Antwerp.
- Nationality
- Southern Netherlands
- Occupation
- engraver · xylographer · draftsperson · artist · printer · publisher
- Fields
- visual arts · printmaking · publishing house
- Languages
- German
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Illustration — Jesus and St John the Baptist in their Childhood, after a design by Rubens Christoffel Jegher (1596, Antwerp – 1652, Antwerp) was a Flemish Baroque engraver.
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Jan Christoffel Jegher is recorded as having studied under Christoffel Jegher. The recorded working language is German. The field of work recorded is visual arts, printmaking and publishing house. Places of work recorded in the authority are Antwerp. Work by Christoffel Jegher is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Art Institute of Chicago, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, National Gallery of Canada and Musée de la civilisation.
According to the RKD he was the father of the engraver Jan Christoffel. He became a master in the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke in 1628. He collaborated with Rubens on woodcuts (he named his youngest son Pieter Paul after him). His son later assisted him with his prints.
Bust of a Bearded Man (Doge Giovanni Cornaro), 1632–36, by Christoffel Jegher
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Silenus Accompanied by a Satyr and a Faun, 1630, by Christoffel Jegher
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1596
Christoffel Jegher was born in 1596 at Antwerp.
1652
Christoffel Jegher died in 1652 at Antwerp.
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- 1.Académie royale de Belgique, Biographie Nationale, Volume 10 Page 464 à 469 [pdf.
- 2.Bénézit B00094555 .
Bibliography printed in the source article · 4
- Mary L. Myers. Rubens and the Woodcuts of Christoffel Jegher. 1966.
- Joost De Geest. 500 chefs-d'oeuvre de l'art belge. Lannoo Uitgeverij. 2006. 9782873864705.
- Polydore-Charles Vander Meersch. Catalogue raisonné de la précieuse collection de dessins et d'estampes, au nombre de près de 30,000, formant le cabinet de M. Ch. Van Hulthem [.] délaissée par M. Ch. De Bremmaecker. Ad. Van der Meersch. 1846.
- Jean Michel Papillon. Traité historique et pratique de la gravure en bois par J. M. Papillon. Pierre Guillaume Simon. 1776.
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The authorities additionally record the headings Christophel Jegers, Christoffel Jeghers, Christophe Jegher, Christofel Jeghers and Christophe Jeghers. His recorded language was German. Formation and teaching. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style. Jegher worked in visual arts, printmaking and publishing house. He belonged to Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke. He worked at Antwerp. Recorded as engraver, xylographer, draftsperson, artist and printer.
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Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Art Institute of Chicago, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and National Gallery of Canada
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