Portrait of Doge Giovanni Cornaro
1632/36
Medium
Chiaroscuro woodcut in beige, ochre, and two tones of brown on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Image/block: 28.7 × 21.6 cm (11 5/16 × 8 9/16 in.); Sheet: 30.6 × 23.6 cm (12 1/16 × 9 5/16 in.)
Classification
woodcut
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
27889
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Christoffel Jegher · 1596–1652
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 formati...