Tassaert family
The Tassaert family, originating in Antwerp, produced a number of painters, sculptors, illustrators and art dealers, some of whom later settled or worked in France and Prussia in the 17th and 18th centuries. Its members include:
- Pieter Tassaert the Elder, painter and art dealer, received as a master into the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke in 1635.
- * Lucas Tassaert, painter in Antwerp, son of Pieter the Elder.
- * Maria Tassaert, still life painter active in Antwerp, daughter of Pieter the Elder.
- * Peter Frans Tassaert, painter, gilder and art dealer in Antwerp, son of Pieter the Elder.
- * Jan Pieter Tassaert, painter, gilder and art dealer in Antwerp, son of Pieter the Elder.
- ** Jean-Pierre-Antoine Tassaert, sculptor, Jan Pieter's grandson, born in Antwerp, worked in Antwerp, then London and Paris and finally Berlin.
- *** Jean-Joseph-François Tassaert, engraver and painter, son of Jean-Pierre-Antoine, definitely established in Paris.
- **** Paul Tassaert, French engraver, son of Jean-Joseph-François.
- **** Octave Tassaert, French painter, son of Jean-Joseph-François.
- *** Henriette-Félicité Tassaert,, miniaturist, daughter of Jean-Pierre-Antoine, active in Prussia.
- *** Antoinette Tassaert, miniaturist, member of the Berlin Academy, daughter of Jean-Pierre-Antoine active in Prussia. Married chamber musician Johann Joseph Beer after which she signed her works 'Antoinette Beer'.
- ** Philip Joseph Tassaert, painter and mezzotint-engraver, brother of Jean-Pierre-Antoine.