Jacques Dumont le Romain

Jacques Dumont
Portrait of Dumont by Académie member Maurice-Quentin de La Tour
Born10 May 1704
Died17 February 1781(1781-02-17) (aged 76)
Paris, Kingdom of France
Other namesLe Romain
EducationAntoine Lebel
Parents
RelativesFrançois Dumont (brother), Edme Dumont (nephew)
Director of the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture
In office
1763–1763
MonarchLouis XV
Preceded byJean Restout
Succeeded byCharles-André van Loo

Jacques Dumont called "le Romain" (10 May 1704 — 17 February 1781), was a French artist, who worked in painting, engraving and drawing. He was called "the Roman" from his youthful residence at Rome and to distinguish him from other artists named Dumont, notably his fellow-academician Jean-Joseph Dumont.[1] Though comparatively unknown today, he enjoyed celebrity and a long, successful career.

  1. ^ Vattier, Gustave (1890). "Dumont le Romain". Une famille d'artistes : les Dumont, 1660-1884 (in French). Paris: Charles Delagrave. pp. 217–228. OCLC 1008481953. Retrieved 16 August 2023.