The Garden of Love (right block)
Medium
Woodcut
Dimensions
Sheet: 18 1/8 x 21 1/16 in. (46 x 53.5 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
30.53.17b
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
CouplesMenWomen
About the Artist
Christoffel Jegher|Peter Paul Rubens · 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...