See also:

• FRANCOIS (1558-1614)

FRANCOIS See also:

• DUMONT
• DUMONT, ANDRE HUBERT (1809-1857)
• FRANCOIS DUMONT (1751-1831)
• DUMONT, JEAN (d. 1726)
• DUMONT, PIERRE ETIENNE LOUIS (1759-1829)

DUMONT (1751-1831)  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• MINIATURE

miniature painter, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• LUNEVILLE

Luneville (Meurthe), and was See also:

• LEFT

left an See also:

• ORPHAN

orphan when quite See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young, with five See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers and sisters to support . He was for a while a student under See also:

• JEAN

Jean Girardet, and then, on the See also:

• ADVICE (Fr. avis, from Lat. ad, to, and visum, viewed)

advice of a Luneville Academician, Madame Coster, set up a studio for himself . In 1784 he journeyed to See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, returning after four years' careful study, and in 1788 was accepted as an Academician and granted an apartment in the Louvre . He married the daughter of See also:

• ANTOINE, ANDRE (1858- )

Antoine Vestier, the miniature painter, and had two sons, Aristide and See also:

• BIAS
• BIAS (from the Fr. biais, of unknown origin; the derivation from Lat. bifax, two-faced, is wrong)

Bias, both of whom became painters . He was one of the three greatest miniature painters of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, See also:

• PAINTING

painting portraits of See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis XVI. and See also:

• MARIE

Marie Antoinette, Louis XVIII. and See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles X., and of almost all the important persons of his See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day . His own portrait was engraved both by See also:

• AUDOUIN, JEAN VICTOR (1797-1841)

Audouin and by Tardieu . He resided the greater See also:

• PART

part of his See also:

• LIFE

life in See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, and there he died . A younger See also:

• BROTHER

brother, known as Tony See also:

• DUMONT
• DUMONT, ANDRE HUBERT (1809-1857)
• DUMONT, FRANCOIS (1751-1831)
• DUMONT, JEAN (d. 1726)
• DUMONT, PIERRE ETIENNE LOUIS (1759-1829)

Dumont, was also a miniature painter, a See also:

• PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)

pupil of his brother, a frequent exhibitor and the recipient of a See also:

• MEDAL (Fr. medaille, from Lat. metallum)

medal from the See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy in 181o . Each artist signed with the surname only, and there is some controversy concerning the attribution to each artist of his own See also:

• WORK

work . Tony was an See also:

• EXPERT (Lat. expertus, from experiri, to try)

expert violinist and delighted in painting portraits of persons who were playing upon the See also:

• VIOLIN

violin . Many of Dumont's finest paintings came into the collection of Mr J . Pierpont See also:

• MORGAN
• MORGAN, DANIEL (1736-1802)
• MORGAN, EDWIN DENNISON (1811-1883)
• MORGAN, JOHN HUNT (1825-1864)
• MORGAN, JOHN PIERPONT (1837–1913)
• MORGAN, LEWIS HENRY (1818-1881)
• MORGAN, SYDNEY, LADY (c. 1783-1859)
• MORGAN, THOMAS (d. 1743)

Morgan, but others are in the Louvre, presented by the See also:

• HEIR (Lat. heres, from a root meaning to grasp, seen in heres or erus, master of a house, Gr. xeip, hand, Sans. hat ana, hand)

heir of Bias Dumont .

The work of both painters is distinguished by breadth, precision and a charming See also:

• SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme of colouring, and the unfinished See also:

• WORKS

works of the See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder brother are amongst some of the most beautiful miniatures ever produced . See The See also:

• HISTORY

History of Portrait Miniatures, by G . C . See also:

• WILLIAMSON, ALEXANDER WILLIAM (1824–1904)
• WILLIAMSON, SIR JOSEPH (1633–1701)
• WILLIAMSON, WILLIAM CRAWFORD (18r6–1895)

Williamson (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1904) ; also the privately printed See also:

• CATALOGUE (a Fr. adaptation of the Gr. KaraXoyos, a register, from Karalyety, to enrol or pick out)

Catalogue of the Collection of Miniatures of Mr J . Pierpont Morgan, vol. iv . (G . C .