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Umbach, Jonas
(b Augsburg, 1624; d Augsburg, 1693). German painter, draughtsman and etcher. He was the son of a beltmaker in the service of the Fuggers and his year of birth is known from an inscription on an engraved portrait (1652; Hollstein) by Melchior Küsel I. His studies included years of travel in the Netherlands and north and central Italy: a drawing of Three Men and a Boy by the Fire (1645; Berlin) shows a knowledge of Dutch art, and a Roman Capriccio with Antique Circular Temple (before 1652; Augsburg, Schaezlerpal.), in charcoal on brown-tinted and oiled paper, has been accredited (Biedermann) to his stay in Italy. By 1652 he had returned to Augsburg, where in 1654 he was licensed as a painter.
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