Jean-Joseph Dassy
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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
[edit]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
[edit]Historical scenes
[edit]- 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
[edit]- General Précy, 1829,[2] deposit of the National Museum of the Castles of Versailles and Trianon, 1914.
Hall of the Crusades, Versailles
[edit]- Combat of Robert, Duke of Normandy, with a Saracen Warrior
National Museum of the Castles of Versailles and Trianon
[edit]- Caribert, Frankish King of Paris and Western Gaul (died in 567)
- Louis I the Pious (778-840), Emperor of the West
Religious scenes
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]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.
Further reading
[edit]- Parrocel, Étienne-Antoine (1862). "Annales de la peinture" (in French). Ch. Albessard and Bérard. pp. 428–429.
- Alauzen, André; Laurent Noet (1986). Dictionnaire des peintres et sculpteurs de Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (in French). Jeanne Laffitte. p. 148. ISBN 9782862764412.