Pierre Dumonstier II by Daniel Dumonstier

Pierre Dumonstier II (1585–1656) was a

French artist The following is a chronological list of French artists working in visual or plastic media (plus, for some artists of the 20th century, performance art). For alphabetical lists, see the various subcategories of French artists. See other article ...

Life

His family produced several artists. The son of

Étienne Dumonstier Étienne Dumonstier, also Nicholas Denizot, (1540–1603) was a French Renaissance portrait painter. Not much is known about Dumonstier's life except through his works. He primarily painted portraits for the French Royal family. His style indic ...

, Pierre was sometimes known as 'le neveu' (the nephew). He was one of at least five family members who specialised in chalk portrait drawings. Only ten drawings by him were catalogued by Louis Damier in his ''Histoire de la peinture de portrait en France au XVIe siècle''. One of these is a 1625 drawing of the hand of

Artemisia Gentileschi Artemisia Lomi or Artemisia Gentileschi (, ; 8 July 1593) was an Italian Baroque painter. Gentileschi is considered among the most accomplished seventeenth-century artists, initially working in the style of Caravaggio. She was producing profess ...

, probably made just after Dumonstier's arrival in

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References

1585 births 1656 deaths 17th-century French painters {{france-artist-stub