Élisabeth-Claire Tardieu Explained

Élisabeth-Claire Tardieu
Birth Name:	Élisabeth-Claire Tournay
Birth Date:	1731
Birth Place:	Paris, Kingdom of France
Nationality:	French
Known For:	Engraving

Élisabeth-Claire Tardieu (1731-1773) was a French engraver.^[1]

Life and work

Tardieu was born in Paris in 1731. She worked as an engraver, creating reproduction engravings of Pierre Louis Dumesnil, François de Troy, Étienne Jeaurat and others. Her husband was Jacques-Nicolas Tardieu. She died in Paris in 1773.^[1]

Notable collections

• L' Aimable Accord (Pleasant Harmony), Library of Congress^[1]
• Le déjeuner de l'enfant, ca. 1748–1760, British Museum^[2]
• Sweet Sleep, 1760-1770s, Hermitage Museum^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: L' Aimable Accord (Pleasant Harmony) by Elisabeth Claire Tardieu, née Tournay, engraver, 1731-1773 after a painting by Jean François de Troy, history painter, portraitist, and etcher, 1679-1752 . The Library of Congress . 4 December 2018 . en.
2. Web site: Le déjeuner de l'enfant . British Museum . 4 December 2018.
3. Web site: Sweet Sleep . The State Hermitage Museum . 4 December 2018.