The Drunken Silenus
Christoffel Jegher
c. 1635
Medium
Woodcut on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
44.5 × 33.9 cm (17 9/16 × 13 3/8 in.)
Classification
woodcut
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
129779
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...