Johann Friedrich Bause

He was born to Christian Gottlieb Bause (b.1696), supervisor of the Halle saltworks, and his wife, Sophia Elisabeth née Dryander (1705–1761).

[3] He moved from Halle to Leipzig in 1766, where he was named a Professor of copper engraving at the new Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst, and specialized in portraits.

He also joined the famous Freemasons lodge, Minerva zu den drei Palmen [de].

In 1813, he followed Juliane (who had recently been widowed) to Weimar, when she was expelled from her estate by General Jean Toussaint Arrighi de Casanova, the French Governor of Leipzig.

The following are his principal plates, except his portraits, which are chiefly of German characters of little celebrity:[5] A list of his works may be found in Nagler and Heineken.