The Dassiers of Geneva: Eighteenth-Century European Medallists
Subtitle: Volume I:  Jean Dassier, Medal Engraver: Geneva, Paris and London, 1700-1733; Volume II: Dassier and Sons:  An Artistic Enterprise in Geneva, Switzerland and Europe, 1733-1759
Edition: 1st edition
Series: Cahiers romands de numismatique, 7-8
Publisher: Musée d'art et d'histoire, Geneva; Cabinet des médailles du canton  de Vaud; Musee Monetaire Cantonal; Musee Monetaire Cantonal de Vaud
Published: 2002-2005
Place of publication: Geneva and Lausanne
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 2940094063
Subjects: art history
Description: Volume I traces the career  of Jean Dassier (1676-1763) from his early years as an extraordinarily gifted artisan to his emergence in the 1730s as an artist of international fame. Volume II treats the period of the workshop's greatest fame, commencing with the return of Jean from England and terminating with the death of his son and principal heir, Jacques-Antoine (1715-1759). It recounts how the family created a new type of medal, more personal, international and dynamic than those of the Age of Absolutism. These objects reflect their creators' knowledge of painting, sculpture and engraving of the Age of the Enlightenment.
Notes: Reviewed by Peter Barber, The Medal, 49 (2006), pp. 75-78; Hermann Maué, Gazette numismatique suisse, 56 (2006), pp. 122-126;  Arne R. Flaten, American Numismatic Society Magazine, 5, 2 (2006), pp. 60-61