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Pierre Dumonstier I (c. 1545 – c. 1610) was a French artist, notable as one of the masters of drawn portraiture of his period.Mikhaïl Piotrovski, Ermitage, P-2 ART PUBLISHERS, v.2001, p. 274
Sylvie Béguin, « Dumonstier, Dumoustier ou Dumoûtier les (xvie et xviie siècles) » in ''Encyclopædia Universalis'' online
(consulted 16 December 2015) Pierre's brothers Étienne (c. 1540 – 1603) and Cosme (died 1605) were also artists –
"DUMONSTIER, Pierre I. (1540 - 1625), Painter, draughtsman"
article in '' Dictionnaire Bénézit'', {{DEFAULTSORT:Dumonstier, Pierre 1545 births 1610 deaths French painters
Pierre Dumonstier I (c. 1545 – c. 1610) was a French artist, notable as one of the masters of drawn portraiture of his period.Mikhaïl Piotrovski, Ermitage, P-2 ART PUBLISHERS, v.2001, p. 274
Life
Pierre was the son of Geoffroy Dumonstier (died 1573), master painter illuminator toFrancis I of France
Francis I (french: François Ier; frm, Francoys; 12 September 1494 – 31 March 1547) was King of France from 1515 until his death in 1547. He was the son of Charles, Count of Angoulême, and Louise of Savoy. He succeeded his first cousin once ...
and Henry II of France
Henry II (french: Henri II; 31 March 1519 – 10 July 1559) was King of France from 31 March 1547 until his death in 1559. The second son of Francis I and Duchess Claude of Brittany, he became Dauphin of France upon the death of his elder bro ...
.(consulted 16 December 2015) Pierre's brothers Étienne (c. 1540 – 1603) and Cosme (died 1605) were also artists –
Catherine de Medici
Catherine de' Medici ( it, Caterina de' Medici, ; french: Catherine de Médicis, ; 13 April 1519 – 5 January 1589) was an Florentine noblewoman born into the Medici family. She was Queen of France from 1547 to 1559 by marriage to King H ...
sent Étienne to Vienna
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to serve Maximilian II, whilst Cosme became painter to Marguerite de Navarre
Marguerite de Navarre (french: Marguerite d'Angoulême, ''Marguerite d'Alençon''; 11 April 149221 December 1549), also known as Marguerite of Angoulême and Margaret of Navarre, was a princess of France, Duchess of Alençon and Berry, and Queen ...
. Étienne's son Pierre
Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...
and Cosme's illegitimate son Daniel
Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength" ...
also became artists.
Pierre I accompanied Étienne to Vienna in 1569 and there produced several portraits of him. Pierre was forced to enter Catherine de Medici shortly after Étienne, but his name only figures for the first time in the records of her court in 1583. Unlike his brother, he was not taken on by Henry IV of France
Henry IV (french: Henri IV; 13 December 1553 – 14 May 1610), also known by the epithets Good King Henry or Henry the Great, was King of Navarre (as Henry III) from 1572 and King of France from 1589 to 1610. He was the first monarc ...
, since in his will he always refers to himself as "painter and 'valet de feue' to the Queen Mother". He was then living in Paris on rue du Temple and left no issue.
Louis Dimier
Louis Dimier (11 February 1865 – 21 November 1943) was a French art historian and royalist.
Dimier was among the many early members of the Action Française who were practising Catholics (along with Bernard de Vésins and Léon de Montesquio ...
gathered 65 drawings in Pierre I's hand, mainly portraits of Étienne and Armand de Gontaut-Biron, inscribed "By Pierre Dumonstier for Daniel Dumonstier
Daniel Dumonstier (14 May 1574 – 22 June 1646) was a French artist, nicknamed as ''the best artist in crayons in Europe'' of his time but now little known. His father Cosme Dumonstier (Daniel was born illegitimate but was later legitimised) ...
" (Musée Bonnat
The Musée Bonnat-Helleu is an art museum in Bayonne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The museum was created in 1901 when Bayonne-born painter Léon Bonnat gave his extensive personal collections of art – notably an exceptional drawing collection ...
, Bayonne
Bayonne (; eu, Baiona ; oc, label= Gascon, Baiona ; es, Bayona) is a city in Southwestern France near the Spanish border. It is a commune and one of two subprefectures in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine re ...
).
Works
Hermitage
*seven signed works. * ''Double Portrait of Étienne and Pierre Dumoustier'' (c 1570, black chalk) * ''Portrait of a woman'' (1570–1580, black and red chalk and pastel on brown paper) * ''Portrait of Marguerite de Valois'' (? 1570–1580, black and red chalk and pastel on brown paper) * ''Portrait of Étienne Dumoustier'' (c. 1570, black and red chalk, with some pastel) * ''Portrait of a man'' (black chalk and pastel) * ''Portrait of a young man'' (black and red chalk and pastel on brown paper) * ''Portrait of a commander of the Spanish garrison'' (black chalk) * ''Portrait of a man'' (1570–1575), oilOther
* ''Portrait of a boy'' (c. 1610, oil on panel, John-Paul II Collection Museum,Warsaw
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* ''Portrait of Bernard de Nogaret de La Valette'' (c 1584, black and red chalk and watercolour; sold in Paris on 7 December 2015 and reproduced in colour in "La Gazette de l'Hôtel Drouot")
References
Bibliography
"DUMONSTIER, Pierre I. (1540 - 1625), Painter, draughtsman"
article in '' Dictionnaire Bénézit'', {{DEFAULTSORT:Dumonstier, Pierre 1545 births 1610 deaths French painters