Élisabeth-Claire Tardieu
{{Short description|French artist (1731–1773)}}
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| birth_name = Élisabeth-Claire Tournay
| birth_date = 1731
| birth_place = Paris, Kingdom of France
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| known_for = Engraving
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Élisabeth-Claire Tardieu (1731-1773) was a French engraver.{{cite web |title=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 |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200182865/ |website=The Library of Congress |accessdate=4 December 2018 |language=en}}
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.
Notable collections
- L' Aimable Accord (Pleasant Harmony), Library of Congress
- Le déjeuner de l'enfant, ca. 1748–1760, British Museum{{cite web |title=Le déjeuner de l'enfant |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3100728&partId=1&people=126472&peoA=126472-2-23&page=2 |website=British Museum |accessdate=4 December 2018}}
- Sweet Sleep, 1760-1770s, Hermitage Museum{{cite web |title=Sweet Sleep |url=http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/digital-collection/04.+Engraving/1487271 |website=The State Hermitage Museum |accessdate=4 December 2018}}
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Category:18th-century French engravers
Category:French women engravers
Category:French women printmakers
Category:18th-century French women artists
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