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Vassallettus [Bassallectus; Bassallettus]
. Italian family of marble workers, sculptors and architects. Several generations of the family are documented between 1154 and 1260. The main emphasis of their work was sculptural, more so than was the case with other Roman marble-working families (see COSMATI), but they also produced a large quantity of costly showpiece architectural work with ornamentation close to antique models. Between 1220 and 1260 members of the Vassallettus family were the most prominent and successful of the Roman marble workers. Their works in Rome, the cloister of S Giovanni in Laterano and the portico of S Lorenzo fuori le mura, are the most visible expression of the papal ambitions that were pursued from the time of Innocent III (1198–1216).
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