Artist

Cassas

Portrait of Cassas
Portrait of Cassas

French, 1756–1827

Cassas was a French Rococo painting artist. 2 works are cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum. Cassas was born in Azay-le-Ferron.

Louis-François Cassas (June 3, 1756 – November 1, 1827) was a French landscape painter, sculptor, architect, archaeologist and antiquary born at Azay-le-Ferron, in the Indre Department of France. His father was an artisan in the office of the "Ponts et Chaussés", and Cassas followed him there as an apprentice draughtsman when he was only fifteen years old.

Works by Cassas

Collections represented

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