Jean-Joseph Dassy

Jean-Joseph Dassy, a French historical and portrait painter, and lithographer, was born at Marseilles on 27 December 1791, and died in the same city on 27 July 1865.

He studied under Girodet-Trioson, and commenced exhibiting at the Paris Salon in 1819. There are several pictures by him at Versailles, among which are 'The Battle of Saucourt' and 'Charibert.'

Biography

Jean-Joseph Dassy was born on 27 December 1791 in Marseille. His father was a mason. His younger brother Louis-Toussaint Dassy was destined for the priesthood while his other two younger brothers, Pierre and Hippolyte, helped their father in his marble workshop. Three of his sisters were nuns.^{[citation needed]}

Initially a student of Goubaud and Aubert at the École des Beaux-Arts in Marseille, he then went to Paris where, in 1817, he became one of the best students of Girodet-Trioson.^[1]

Works

Historical scenes

Historical scenes of Jean-Joseph Dassy
Louis François Perrin, Earl of Précy (1742-1820), General at Vendée, 1827
Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy, at the Siege of Antioch, 1850
Caribert, Frankish king of Paris and western Gaul (died in 567), 1837
Louis I the Pious (778-840), Emperor of the West, 1837

Museum of Art and History of Cholet

General Précy, 1829,^[2] deposit of the National Museum of the Castles of Versailles and Trianon, 1914.

Hall of the Crusades, Versailles

Combat of Robert, Duke of Normandy, with a Saracen Warrior

National Museum of the Castles of Versailles and Trianon

Caribert, Frankish King of Paris and Western Gaul (died in 567)
Louis I the Pious (778-840), Emperor of the West

Religious scenes

Religious scenes of Jean-Joseph Dassy
Martyrdom of St. Lazarus (St. Lazarus Church, Marseille)
Apostolate of St. Lazarus (St. Lazarus Church, Marseille)
Resurrection of St. Lazarus (St. Lazarus Church, Marseille)

Notes

^ Masson, Paul (under the direction of), Encyclopédie départementale des Bouches-du-Rhône (in French), Departmental archives of the Bouches-du-Rhône, Marseille, 17 volumes published from 1913 to 1937, Volume VI, p. 402.
^ "The works of Jean-Joseph Dassy". L'Internaute. Retrieved 17 May 2014.

References

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Dassy, Jean Joseph". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.