Jean-Joseph Dassy (27 December 1791 – 27 July 1865) was a French historical and portrait painter, and lithographer. He studied under Girodet-Trioson, and commenced exhibiting at the Salon of 1819. There are several pictures by him at Versailles, among which are 'The Battle of Saucourt' and 'Charibert.'
Jean-Joseph Dassy was born and died 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.
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.
Museum of Art and History of Cholet
General Précy, 1829, 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
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.
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