Education

Masters and Certificate of Advanced Study in Art Conservation
Art Conservation Department, State University College at Buffalo 1985

B.A. in Art History
Stanford University 1980

Areas of Interest

Bronze casting techniques Medieval to Modern. Technical study of bronze, terracotta, polychrome and marble sculpture. Preventive care of silver, stained glass and tapestries.

Selected Publications

Guidelines for the technical study of cast bronze sculpture. On-line publication. Getty Publications. Editors: D. Bourgarit, J. Bassett, F. Bewer, A.Heginbotham, A. Lacey, P. Forthcoming: 2022

“The copper charm set: a new set of certified reference materials for the standardization of quantitative X-ray fluorescence analysis of heritage copper alloys” A Heginbotham, J. Bassett, D. Bourgarit, et.al. Archaeometry Volume 57, Issue 5, pp. 856–868, October 2015.

French Bronze Sculpture: Materials and Techniques 16th-18th Century Editors: D. Bourgarit, J. Bassett, et al eds. Archetype, London. 2014

“Jean-Antoine Houdon: sculptor and founder” and “The cut-back core technique in late 17th and 18th century French bronzes” Jane Bassett and Guilhem Scherf. French Bronze Sculpture: Materials and Techniques 16th-18th Century., D. Bourgarit, J. Bassett, et al eds. Archetype, London, pp. 107-124 and 205-214. 2014

“Process and Collaboration in a Seventeenth-Century Polychrome Sculpture: Luisa Roldán and Tomás de los Arcos” Jane Bassett and Mari-Tere Alvarez. Getty Research Journal Vol.3, pp.15-32. 2012