The Garden of Love (left block)
Medium
Woodcut
Dimensions
Sheet: 18 1/4 x 23 3/4 in. (46.4 x 60.3 cm) Mount: 22 x 28 in. (55.9 x 71.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1930
Accession Number
30.53.17a
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the lush tradition of Flemish Baroque art, *The Garden of Love ( block)* brings together the masterful design of Peter Paul Rubens and skilled woodcutting of Christoffel Jegher the 1630s. Rubens, a towering figure of the Baroque era, was renowned for his exuberant depictions of love, sensuality, and human emotion often drawing from classical mythology. This woodcut, printed on a grand sheet measuring 18¼ x 23¾ inches, captures the left section of a romantic garden scene teeming withorous couples, playful Cupids, men, and women—evoking the artist's iconic painting of the same name from aroun...