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(3) Pierre Dumonstier (i)
(b c. 1545; d Paris, 1625). Painter and draughtsman, son of (1) Geoffroy Dumonstier. He was the brother of (2) Etienne Dumonstier II, with whom he collaborated. In 1583 he was appointed Peintre et Valet de Chambre to Henry III and in 1586 to the Queen Mother, Catherine de’ Medici. He was the author of more than 40 surviving portrait drawings in red, black and white chalk representing members of the French court (e.g. Henry IV, Catherine de’ Medici and Marguerite de Valois; all Paris, Bib. N.). His minutely detailed drawing technique, relying on a system of hatching, is often uncertain and cumbersome. He made a sketch of himself with his brother Etienne (St Petersburg, Hermitage).
Part of the Dumonstier family
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