French painter and printmaker, part of the Dumont family of artists (mainly aculptors). He was the son of Pierre Dumont (died c. 1737), a court sculptor to the duke of Lorraine, and the brother of the sculptor François Dumont. He was called "le Romain" from his youthful residence at Rome. He first exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1727, and in 1728 he was received as a member of the Académie royal de peinture et de sculpture, with a Hercule et Omphale as his morceau de reception. In 1731 he was appointed painter to the tapestry manufacture at Aubusson and served in that capacity until 1755, forming a school of designers there that raised standards of quality. In addition to his paintings he practiced etching, in which medium he reproduced some of his paintings and some works by other artists. //