Nicolas-Henri Tardieu
French engraver
Died when: 75 years 9 days (900 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
Nicolas-Henri Tardieu, called the "Tardieu the elder", (18 January 1674 - 27 January 1749) was a prominent French engraver, known for his sensitive reproductions of Antoine Watteau's paintings.
He was appointed graveur du roi (King's Engraver) to King Louis XV of France.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.
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