Jacques Dumont | |
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Born | 10 May 1704 |
Died | 17 February 1781 Paris, Kingdom of France | (aged 76)
Other names | Le Romain |
Education | Antoine Lebel |
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Relatives | François Dumont (brother), Edme Dumont (nephew) |
Director of the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture | |
In office 1763–1763 | |
Monarch | Louis XV |
Preceded by | Jean Restout |
Succeeded by | Charles-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.