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(4) Daniel Dumonstier
(b Paris, bapt 11 May 1574; d 22 June 1645). Painter and draughtsman, nephew of (2) Etienne Dumonstier II and (3) Pierre Dumonstier (i). In 1601 he was appointed painter to the Dauphin (later Louis XIII) and in 1603 Peintre et Valet de Chambre to Henry IV. He enjoyed great favour at court; in 1622 he was granted accommodation in the Louvre, and in 1626 he was appointed Peintre et Valet de Chambre to Gaston, Duc d’Orléans, the King’s brother. His witty and satirical spirit brought him the friendship of men of letters such as François de Malherbe, Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc and Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux. His collection of natural history curiosities, medals, objets d’art, books and manuscripts was famous: Jules, Cardinal Mazarin, acquired some of it after his death, while another part of it, judged ‘licentious and indecorous’, was destroyed on the orders of Anne of Austria.
Part of the Dumonstier family
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