Jacques Dumont le Romain

Jacques Dumont
Portrait of Dumont by Académie member Maurice-Quentin de La Tour
Born	10 May 1704 Paris, Kingdom of France
Died	17 February 1781(1781-02-17) (aged 76) Paris, Kingdom of France
Other names	Le Romain
Education	Antoine Lebel
Parents	Pierre Dumont (father) Marie Mercier (mother)
Relatives	François Dumont (brother), Edme Dumont (nephew)
Director of the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture
In office 1763–1763
Monarch	Louis XV
Preceded by	Jean Restout
Succeeded by	Charles-André van Loo

Jacques Dumont called "le Romain" (10 May 1704 — 17 February 1781), was a French artist, who worked in painting, engraving and drawing. He was called "the Roman" from his youthful residence at Rome and to distinguish him from other artists named Dumont, notably his fellow-academician Jean-Joseph Dumont.^[1] Though comparatively unknown today, he enjoyed celebrity and a long, successful career.