TARDIEU, Nicolas-Henry
TARDIEU, Nicolas-Henry – Nicolas-Henri Tardieu, called the „Tardieu the elder“, was a prominent French engraver, known for his sensitive reproductions of Antoine Watteau’s paintings. He was appointed graveur du roi to King Louis XV. His second wife, Marie-Anne Horthemels, came from a family that included engravers and painters. She is known as an engraver in her own right. Nicolas-Henri and Marie-Anne Tardieu had many descendants who were noted artists, most of them engravers.
