Johann Friedrich Bause

Who was Johann Friedrich Bause?

Johann Friedrich Bause, a German engraver, was born at Halle, in Saxony, in 1738. He is stated to have learned the art of engraving without the instruction of a master, and to have formed his manner by an imitation of the admirable prints of J. G. Wille. He died at Weimar in 1814. His works, which are very numerous, are chiefly executed with the graver, which he handled with great purity and firmness. The following are his principal plates, except his portraits, which are chiefly of German characters of little celebrity:

⁕Damon and Musidora, subject from Thomson; after Bach.

⁕A Moonlight Scene; after the same.

⁕The Magdalene; from a drawing by Bach, after Batoni.

⁕Three Apostles; after Caravaggio; etching.

⁕Venus and Cupid; after Carlo Cignani.

⁕Michael Ehrlich; after B. Denner; a mezzotint.

⁕The Repentance of St. Peter; after Dietrich.

⁕The Good Housewife; after G. Dou.

⁕Bust of a Girl; after Greuze.

⁕Artemisia; after Guido.

⁕The Head of Christ; after the same.

⁕The Old Confidante; after Kupetsky.

⁕Cupid feeling the Point of an Arrow after Mengs.

⁕Bust of a Girl, with a Basket of Boses; after Netscher.

⁕The Sacrifice of Abraham; after Oeser.

⁕La petite Rusée; after Reynolds.

A list of his works may be found in Nagler and Heineken. See also Dr. G. Keil's 'Katalog des Kupferstichwerkes von Johann Friedrich Bause,' Leipzig, 1849. His daughter, Juliane Wilhelmine Bause, etched, with talent, a number of landscapes after Kobell, Both, and other artists. She was born in 1768, and died in 1837.