(b Emden, c. 1587; d Emden, 13 April 1648). German painter, draughtsman and architect. The son of a goldsmith, he apparently studied mathematics at Groningen, where he came into contact with French, Italian and Netherlandish painting. In 1611 he travelled to Rome and Naples, encountering the Dutch painter Louis Finson, through whom he came under the powerful influence of Caravaggio’s style. He followed Finson to Aix-en-Provence in 1613, then to Toulouse and Bordeaux, and is thought to have contributed some of the landscapes in Finson’s works. In Provence they painted matching self-portraits (1613; Marseille, Mus. B.-A.). In Paris the collaboration ended, and in 1616 Faber returned to Emden, where he joined the painters’ guild in 1618 and was elected Ratsherr in 1628 and 1631. He became known for his Italianate landscapes and religious paintings, such as the Caravaggesque Liberation of St Peter (after 1616; Emden, Rathaus).