Edme Dumont
Illustration — Portrait of Edme Dumont at work Edme Dumont (1720–1775) was a French sculptor. Dumont was born into a family of sculptors: his father was François Dumont, his grandfather Pierre Dumont. He received his first lessons from his father, and was admitted to the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture in 1768, with his reception piece Milo of Croton.
Also recorded as Dumont pere · Dumont · M. Dumont pere · N. Dumont pere
Edme Dumont
18th-century French School · Public domain
- Born
- 1720 · Paris.
- Died
- 1775 · Paris.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- sculptor
- Education
- École royale des élèves protégés
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — Portrait of Edme Dumont at work Edme Dumont (1720–1775) was a French sculptor. Dumont was born into a family of sculptors: his father was François Dumont, his grandfather Pierre Dumont. He received his first lessons from his father, and was admitted to the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture in 1768, with his reception piece Milo of Croton.
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He married Marie Berthault and they had a son, the sculptor Jacques-Edme Dumont. On 10 November 1775 he died at his home at the Louvre Palace and was buried the next day in the Holy Innocents' Cemetery. • Illustration — Milo of Croton by François Dumont, reception piece for the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture, The Louvre, 1768
The authorities additionally record the headings Dumont pere, Dumont, M. Dumont pere and N. His recorded language was French. He was the child of François Dumont. One child is recorded: Jacques-Edme Dumont. Other recorded relations include Antoine Coypel and Noël Coypel.
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1720
Edme Dumont born at Paris.
1775
Edme Dumont died at Paris.
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