Pierre François Tardieu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Pierre François Tardieu

French engraver

Date of Birth: 24-Dec-1711

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 15-Jan-1771

Profession: engraver, cartographer, printmaker

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Pierre François Tardieu (1711 - 1771) was a French engraver and cartographer, nephew of Nicolas-Henri Tardieu.Pierre Francois Tardieu was born around 1711 in Paris, son of Jean Tardieu.
His uncle, Nicolas Henri Tardieu, taught him the art of engraving. He produced historical and genre works. He is noted for two excellent engravings after Peter Paul Rubens, the Judgement of Paris and Persée et Andromache. He did much work on the engravings for the Fables de la Fontaine after drawings by Oudry.Tardieu's wife, Marie-Anne Rousselet (1733-1826), was from the family of the engraver Gilles Rousselet and the sculptor Jean Rousselet, both of whom were members of the Academy.
Marie-Anne made several engravings of historical and genre subjects, including Saint John the Baptist (1756) after Jean-Baptiste van Loo.