Jacques-Edme Dumont, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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sculptor from France
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Place of Birth: Paris, ÃŽle-de-France, France
About Jacques-Edme Dumont
- Jacques-Edme Dumont (b.
- Paris, April 10, 1761, d.
- Paris, Feb 21, 1844) was a French sculptor. Dumont came from a dynasty of sculptors that included his great-grandfather Pierre Dumont, grandfather François Dumont, father Edme Dumont and son Augustin-Alexandre Dumont. He was a pupil of Augustin Pajou, and in 1788 he won the Prix de Rome.
- From 1788 to 1793, he lived in Italy, after which he returned to his native France, in the hope a commission from the National Convention during the French Revolution.
- However he secured no such commission, and began producing small statuettes and medallions for sale.
- Later, he received commissions for statues of Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon, François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers, and Jean-Baptiste Colbert.
- During the Bourbon Restoration, Dumont made a monument to Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes (1819) and a statue of French general Charles Pichegru, which has since been destroyed.Dumont was a great portrait sculptor as well, notable examples of his work including a bust of his mother, Marie-Françoise Berthault, and Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma and wife of Napoleon (1810). He was also the father of virtuoso pianist, teacher and composer Louise Farrenc (née Jeanne-Louise Dumont).
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