(b Port Saint-Ouen, nr Rouen, or Antwerp, c. 1619; d c. 1670). French or Flemish painter and etcher. He made 65 plates executed with a fine point, somewhat monotonous and greyish in tone; most of them are small-scale. They depict smoking-dens, tavern scenes and interiors with peasants and tramps, similar in inspiration to the work of David Teniers (ii) and Adriaen van Ostade. Only one of his prints is dated: Two Tramps Split the Bill (1656; Weigert, no. 34). He illustrated Dom Guillaume Marlot’s Histoire de l’église métropolitaine de Reims (Lille, 1666). Dassonville signed himself sometimes DJS, sometimes J. Dasson or J. Da Sonneville, but most often Dassonneville. As some of his prints bear Martin van den Enden’s imprint, Mariette assumed that he settled in Antwerp. None of his paintings or drawings is known.