Le Romain (other)
Le Romain is a French epithet for "the Roman" which may refer to: *Jacques Dumont le Romain (1704—1781), French painter called "le Romain" * Jean-Baptiste-Pierre le Romain, eighteenth-century French engineer and contributor to the ''Encyclopédie'' *Pierre Mignard Pierre Mignard or Pierre Mignard I (17 November 1612 – 30 May 1695), called "Mignard le Romain" to distinguish him from his brother Nicolas Mignard, was a French painter known for his religious and mythological scenes and portraits. He was a ...

Jacques Dumont Le Romain
Jacques Dumont called "le Romain" (10 May 1704 — 1781), was a French history and portrait painter, 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. His father, Pierre, was a court sculptor to the Duke of Lorraine and his elder brother, François (1687/88—1726), was also a sculptor. In addition to his paintings he practiced etching, in which medium he reproduced some of his paintings and, for example, Servandoni's view of the fireworks celebrating the marriage of the dauphin, 1730. Though comparatively unknown today, he enjoyed celebrity and a long, successful career. Pierre-Jean Mariette, who knew him well, reported that in his youth le Romain made his way to Rome by camping out; Mariette makes errors about his teacher in Rome, however. Dumont returned to Paris in 1725. In 1727, he first showed at the Paris Salon and in 1728 he was received as a member of the Aca ...
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Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Le Romain
Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Le Romain (dates of birth and death unknown) was a French engineer and contributor to the '' Encyclopédie'' during the eighteenth century and the Age of Enlightenment. Living in Martinique, in 1734 Le Romain drew up a topographic map of the island for the French government. In 1740 he was sent as an assistant engineer to improve the fortifications of the island of Grenada, where he was appointed chief engineer in 1748. Le Romain provided nearly seventy articles on the Caribbean between volumes III and XVI of the ''Encyclopédie'' of Diderot and D'Alembert. More than half of his articles are short descriptions of production, animals, minerals and geography of the Caribbean islands. He provided more detail of the production of regional products such as indigo, sugar and foods derived from cassava. Le Romain also wrote the entry for 'negroes In the English language, ''negro'' is a term historically used to denote persons considered to be of Black African her ...
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