Jost de Negker

Jost de Negker was a Flemish draughtsman, designer of woodcuts, printer, publisher, and engraver, active in Germany. De Negker’s earliest dated print was published in 1508 in Leiden, where he seems to have had ties, since he was later involved in the production of book illustrations there. The same year, he appears to have established himself in Augsburg, where he produced many outstanding woodcuts for the workshop of Emperor Maximilian I (r. 1486 – 1519) who commissioned a series of monumental woodblock prints. De Negker contributed to the development of chiaroscuro woodcut technique and multicolor printing, and executed engravings after most famous artist of his age such as Dürer, Holbein, Lucas van Leyden and others. After Maximilian's death in 1519, de Negker became as much a publisher as a cutter, retaining many blocks by artist employed by the former emperor.