Jonas Umbach

Jonas Umbach was a German painter, designer, and engraver. Born in Augsburg, he became cabinet painter to the Bishop of Augsburg, and produced many landscapes with cattle; also kitchen pieces, feathered game, and a few historical subjects in chiaroscuro. He also etched 230 plates of biblical, historical, and mythological scenes and landscapes. Among these there are:

Christ on the Mount of Olives

Trains of Children and Nereids

Two Duck-shooters lying in Wait

Landscapes with Ruins

Bacchanals and Infant SportsHe died in Augsburg in 1693.

There was a younger Jonas Umbach, but there are no particulars respecting him, except that he drew portraits.

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