Nicolas-Henri Tardieu

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Nicolas-Henri Tardieu
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Nicolas-Henri Tardieu (born January 18, 1674 in Paris ; † January 27, 1749 there ) was a French engraver and founder of a dynasty of cartographers , illustrators and portraitists .

biography

Nicolas-Henri Tardieu was the fourth child of coppersmith Nicolas Tardieu and his wife Marie Henin. He had four brothers who, however, did not take up any artistic profession. For his training he first took lessons from Gérard Audran , who was his father's customer and whose best pupil he became. He also took lessons from Jean Lepautre .

1706 married Nicolas-Henri for the first time. The 27-year-old widow Louise-Françoise Aveline, who died after two years of marriage in 1708.

In his second marriage, Tardieu was married to the young widow of a court pastry chef, Marie-Anne Horthemels , also a copperplate engraver. The wedding was in 1712 and he had five children with her. After the death of Marie-Anne in 1727, he married a third time. The son Jacques Nicolas Tardieu comes from the second marriage . He and his nephew Pierre François Tardieu were trained by him.

In 1720 he was accepted at the Académie de peinture . Along with his classmate Benoît Audran , he was the most important Watteau engraver.

Works (excerpt)

In addition to portraits of famous and high-ranking personalities in historical works, he also engraved these painted models:

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SURNAME Tardieu, Nicolas-Henri
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French engraver
DATE OF BIRTH January 18, 1674
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH January 27, 1749
Place of death Paris