A bronze group of naked Prometheus seated and chained to a rock partially covered with draperies, with his right hand stretched, being pecked by an eagle and with a flaming torch lying below.

Prometheus, son of the titan Iapetus, stole fire from heaven for man (symbolised by the flaming torch) and was condemned by Zeus to be chained to a rock on Mount Caucasus and to have his liver devoured by an eagle during the daytime, which was renewed each succeeding night. Dumont's Prometheus, which is among his finest works, ultimately derives from Michelangelo's figure of Adam in the Sistine Chapel.

Dumont exhibited a Prometheus group, probably in marble, in the Paris Salon of 1725. Four in plaster were listed in the inventory of his possessions drawn up after his death.

Adapted from Carlton House: The Pase Glories of George IV's Palace exhibition catalogue at Queen's Galleries, 1991-2.