Christoffel Jegher (1596–1652) was a Flemish Baroque engraver and woodcut artist active in Antwerp. He became a master in the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke in 1628 and established himself as a skilled printmaker specializing in wood engravings.

Jegher collaborated closely with the leading Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens, producing woodcuts after the master’s designs. This partnership proved formative; Jegher even named his youngest son Pieter Paul in Rubens’s honor. His prints often translated Rubens’s dynamic compositions into the medium of woodcut, capturing the energy and detail of the originals. He also worked for the renowned Plantin-Moretus publishing house in Antwerp, contributing illustrations over several decades.

Among his notable works are woodcuts such as *The Garden of Love* and *Jesus and St. John the Baptist in Their Childhood*, both after Rubens. These prints demonstrate Jegher’s technical precision in rendering complex scenes with lively figures and rich textures. He was assisted in his workshop by his son Jan Christoffel Jegher, who continued the family tradition as an engraver.

Jegher’s legacy rests on his role in disseminating Rubens’s imagery through high-quality woodcuts that reached a wide audience across Europe. His contributions helped bridge painting and printmaking in the Baroque era, preserving and popularizing Flemish artistic achievements for later generations. With nineteen works in the museum’s collection, his prints continue to exemplify the vibrant print culture of seventeenth-century Antwerp.