|
(5) Pierre Dumonstier (ii)
(b Paris, c. 1585; d Paris, 26 April 1656). Draughtsman, son of (2) Etienne Dumonstier II. As a royal equerry and Valet de Chambre he enjoyed a reputation as a man of the world. In 1603 he was in Flanders selling his father’s drawings to Archduchess Isabella Clara Eugenia, Regent of the Netherlands. He made several trips to Italy, his presence in Rome in the 1640s being confirmed by a copy (Paris, Louvre, Cab. Dessins) of Raphael’s Disputa (Rome, Vatican, Stanza della Segnatura) signed Petrus Du Monstier faciebat 1642 Romae; he returned to Paris around 1650. Only ten surviving chalk drawings are attributed to him. They include six portraits and a Head of a Turk (all Paris, Bib. N.), as well as a drawing of the hand of the painter Artemisia Gentileschi (London, BM). The portraits, the most famous of which is that of Henri de Lavardin-Baumanoir, are notable for their modelling and expressiveness; their colouring, which is vigorous but full of nuance and clarity, is of a freshness unequalled by his cousin (4) Daniel Dumonstier.
Part of the Dumonstier family
|
|
There are more than 45,000 articles in The Grove Dictionary of Art.
To access the rest of this article, including the bibliography, subscribe to
www.groveart.com.
To find out more about this subject, click on a related article below and
subscribe to www.groveart.com
|
