Artist

Nicolas Henri Tardieu

Portrait of Nicolas Henri Tardieu

1705–1749

Nicolas Henri Tardieu was a Baroque artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at National Gallery of Art.

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.

Collections represented

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