His family produced several artists. The son of
Étienne Dumonstier, Pierre was sometimes known as 'le neveu' (the nephew). He was one of at least five family members who specialised in chalk portrait drawings. Only ten drawings by him were catalogued by
Louis Damier in his
Histoire de la peinture de portrait en France au XVIe siècle. One of these is a 1625 drawing of the hand of
Artemisia Gentileschi, probably made just after Dumonstier's arrival in
Rome. ==References==