About Pierre François Tardieu
Lived 1711 – 1771 (aged 59). Pierre François Tardieu was a French printmaker, engraver, cartographer, publisher, copper engraver and map maker.
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.
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Who was Pierre François Tardieu?
French engraver (1711-1771)
When was Pierre François Tardieu born?
Pierre François Tardieu was born on 24 December 1711 in Paris.
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Pierre François Tardieu died on 15 January 1771 in Paris.
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Pierre François Tardieu was a printmaker, engraver, cartographer, publisher, copper engraver and map maker.
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Pierre François Tardieu was French.
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