The Garden of Love, Left Half, with Seated Woman
Christoffel Jegher
c. 1631
Medium
Woodcut on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
45.7 × 58.8 cm (18 × 23 3/16 in.)
Classification
woodcut
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
122061
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Christoffel Jegher produced several large-scale woodcuts in collaboration with the Flemish painter and diplomat Peter Paul Rubens, of which this two-sheet print is the largest. The panoramic garden setting includes delights such as a group of musical enthusiasts perched on plush chairs and colonnaded ledges on the left; on the right is a fountain grotto with decorative streams of water into which the most boisterous men try to cajole their lovers. The unsure woman on the far right, her waist fir...