Page:Bryan's dictionary of painters and engravers, volume 1.djvu/155

 BADSE, JoHANN Friedbich, a German engraver, was born at Halle, in Saxony, in 1738. He is Btated 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 exe- cuted with the graver, which he handled with great purity and finnness. 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 Batom. Three Apostles ; after Caravaggio ; etching. Venus and Cupid ; after Carlo Cignani. Michael Ehrlich ; after B. Dernier ; a mezzotint. The Kepentanee of St. Peter ; after Dietrich. The Good Housewife ; after G. Dou. Bust of a Girl ; after Greuze. Artemisia ; after Guide. 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 Eoses ; after Netscher. The Sacrifice of Abraham ; after Oeser. La petite Rusee ; 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 Friedrioh Bause,' Leipzig, 1849. His daughter, Juliane Wilhel- MINE Bause, etched, with talent, a number of landscapes after Kobell, Both, and other artists. She was bom in 1768, and died in 1837.

BAVARESE. See Oefele.

BAVIERA, a native of Parma, and one of the pupils of Raphael. Of his work nothing is known, and details of his relations with Sanzio are of the scantiest, but that he was a trusted friend and con- fidant of the master appears from the fact that to hira Raphael gave the copper-plates of the en- gravings executed for him by Marc Antonio, that his name figures as signatory to a contract con- cluded on behalf of Raphael in 1515, and that before his death Raphael confided to his care his mistress, the famous 'Fornarina.' He is further mentioned by Vasari as having come to the aid of his fellow-pupil, Perino del Vaga, when the latter was rendered destitute by the sack of Rome in 1527.

BAXAITI. See Basaiti.

BAXTER, Charles, an English portrait and subject painter, was bom in London in 1809. He commenced life as a bookbinder, but afterwards studied under Clint. He exhibited at the Royal Academy, where his first picture appeared in 1834, and at the Society of British Artists, of which he became a member in 1842. His first works were miniatures and portraits in oil, but his greatest success was in fancy portraits. He died at LeW' isham in 1879. Amongst his works are :

The Dream of Love. Olivia and .Sophia (London Exhibition, 1862). Peasant Gu:l of Chioggia. 1869. Kich and rare were the gems she wore. 1872.

BAXTER, George, a wood-engraver, who was horn at Lewes in 1804, went in 1827 to London, where he became celebrated fur a method of print- ing in oil-colours, which he placed on the market in 1834. His best works were a copy of 'The l)escent from the Cross,' by Rubens ; 'The Open ing of the First Parliament of Queen Victoria,' for which he was awarded the Austrian gold medal ; the ' Queen's Coronation, and a miniature of ' The Baptism of the Prince of Wales.' He once ex- hibited in the Royal Academy. He died at Sydenham in 1867.

BAXTER, Thomas, a native of Worcester, bom in 1782, excelled in fruit and flower pieces, which tie painted in water-colours. He also assisted John Britton in his work on Salisbury Cathedral. He died in London in 1821.

BAY. See Debay.

BAYER, Adoust von, who was bom at Ror- schach in 1804, first studied architecture under Weinbrenner, at Carlsruhe. He visited Munich and Paris, and subsequently devoted himself to painting interiors of churches, chapels, cloisters, halls, &c., in which he produced very happy effects. In 1853 he was appointed conservator of the monuments and antiquities in the Grand Duchy of Baden, and died at Carisruhe in 1873 (or 1875). Among his best works are :

The interior of the Frauenkirche at Munich. A portion of the Cathedral at Chur. The Convent of Maulbronn, The Organ Player (lithographed by Fr. Hohe). An interior of a Cloister {lithographed by Ft. Hohe). There are four works by him in the Pinakothek at Munich.

BAYER, HiEBONTMUS VON, bom at Bauris, Salz- burg, in 1792, was an excellent etcher, a master of the University at Landshut in 1809, and subse- quently a professor, and a member of Council at the University of Munich. He etched a large number of landscapes of great finish. BAYER, Josef, who was bom at Vienna in 1804, became a painter of merit, but died there when still young, in 1831. In the Belvedere there are two works by him — a 'Portrait of a Boy,' signed and dated 1829, and 'The Flight into Egypt,' signed and dated 1830.

BAYEU Y SUBIAS, Francisco, was bom at Saragossa in 1734. He was first instructed by Luzan, in Tarragona, and having gained the pre- mium at the Academy, he was allowed a pension, to enable him to visit Madrid, where he entered the school of Gonzales Velazquez. His merit attracted the notice of Raphael Mengs, who recom- mended him to the protection of Charles III., and that monarch employed him in the Pardo, and in the palaces at Aranjuez and Madrid, where he also painted several pictures for the churches. In 1765 he was received into the Academy at Madrid, and ill 1788 was made painter to the king. He died at Madrid in 1795. He etched a few plates. The following are a few of his best paintings :

Madrid. New Palace. The Conquest of Granada. ,, „ Apotheosis of Hercules. The Fall of the Giants. „ „ And others. „ Museum. Sacred and Genre pictures (28). Works by him are to be seen in the Carthusians, Madrid, — the ' Life of St. Bruno,' — and frescoes in the churches of Toledo and Saragossa.

BAYEU Y SUBIAS, Ramon, was born at Sara- gossa in 1746, and was instructed in art by his brother Francisco. He is principally to be noticed as an assistant to his brother in his fresco works. He died at Aranjuez in 1793.

BAYNES, James, a water-colour painter, was born at Kirkby Lonsdale in 1766, and early in life became a student of the Royal Academy. In after years he exhibited views in North Wales, and in