DUMONT

dumont, the name of a family of prominent french artists. francois dumont (1688-1726), a sculptor, best known for his figures in the church of saint sulpice, paris, was the brother of the painter jacques dumont,[1] known as "le romain" (1701-1781), whose chief success was gained with a great allegorical composition for the paris _hotel-de-ville_ in 1761. francois's son edme (1720-1775), the latter's son jacques edme (1761-1844), and the last-named's son augustin alexander (1801-1884) were also famous sculptors. see g. vattier, _une famille d'artistes_ (1890). footnote: [1] not to be confounded with his contemporary jean joseph dumons (1687-1779), sometimes called dumont, best known for his designs for the aubusson tapestries.