Pierre François Tardieu
Pierre François Tardieu (born December 24, 1711 in Paris ; † January 15, 1771 there ) was a French engraver .
biography
He was the son of the copper master craftsman Claude Tardieu and his wife Marceline Pingat. Claude was the brother of Pierre Alexandre Tardieu . He was trained by his uncle Pierre Alexandre.
All that is known about his life is that he was married twice. His first wife Jeanne Mauvais died in 1756. A year later, in 1757, he married Marie-Anne , the daughter of the engraver Alexis Étienne Rousselet . His nephew, Antoine François Tardieu , whose godfather he was, signed in the early years of his work with the initials Pierre François PFT.
Some of his works were also found in Heinrich von Brühl's collection .
He engraved architectural sheets and maps, as well as historical scenes, as well as legends of the gods and, last but not least, fables based on Jean de La Fontaine , based on models by well-known painters and other engravers .
Works (excerpt)
- Judgment de Pâris , after Peter Paul Rubens
- Persée et Andromède , after Peter Paul Rubens
- la confrèrie , after Charles Eisen
- Pygmalion , after Jean-François Lesueur
- naufrage aux environs de Newport , after Ludolf Bakhuizen
- A bundle of maps for the world atlas by Didier Robert de Vaugondy , based on Charles-Nicolas Cochin the Younger
See also
literature
- Ferdinand Höfer : Nouvelle biography générale , 1852, volume 44, p. 450, digitized
- Michael Huber : Manuel des curieux et des amateurs de l'art , 1867, Volume 8, pp. 22f., Digitized
- Roger Portalis and Henri Béraldi : Les graveurs du dix-huitième siècle , Volume 3, pp. 586f., Digitized
- Auguste Jal : Dictionnaire critique de biographie et d'histoire , 1872, p. 1176, digitized
Web links
- Information on Pierre François Tardieu in the database of the Bibliothèque nationale de France .
- Literature by and about Pierre François Tardieu in the WorldCat bibliographic database
- Literature by and about Pierre François Tardieu in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ François Courboin: L'estampe française: graveurs et marchands , 1914, p.6, digitized , accessed on 15 October 2018
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Tardieu, Pierre François |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French engraver |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 24, 1711 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
DATE OF DEATH | January 15, 1771 |
Place of death | Paris |