François Dumont (painter)

Dumont was born at Lunéville (Meurthe), and was left an orphan when young, with five brothers and sisters to support.

the advice of a Lunville Academician, Madame Coster, set up a studio for himself.

In 1784 he journeyed to Rome, returning after four years careful study, and in 1788 was accepted as an Academician and granted an apartment in the Louvre.

[2] Dumont was one of the three greatest miniature painters of France, painting portraits of Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Louis XVIII and Charles X, and of almost all the important persons of his day.

Tony was an expert violinist and delighted in painting portraits of persons who were playing upon the violin.