Christoffel Jegher

Christoffel Jegher (1596, Antwerp – 1652, Antwerp) was a Flemish Baroque engraver.

Jesus and St John the Baptist in their Childhood, after a design by Rubens

Biography

According to the RKD he was the father of the engraver Jan Christoffel. He became a master in the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke in 1628.^[1] He collaborated with Rubens on woodcuts (he named his youngest son Pieter Paul after him). His son later assisted him with his prints.^[1]