Marie-Anne Rousselet
French artist (1732–1826)
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Marie-Anne Rousselet, also known as Marie-Anne Tardieu, Veuve Tardieu (Widow Tardieu), (1732–1826) was a French engraver and illustrator.
Marie-Anne Rousselet | |
|---|---|
| Born | 6 December 1732 Paris, France |
| Died | 1826 (aged 93–94) Paris, France |
| Other names | Marie-Anne Tardieu, Widow Tardieu, Veuve Tardieu, MRV Tardieu |
| Known for | Engraving |
| Spouse | Pierre François Tardieu |
About
Marie-Anne Rousselet was born in Paris, France on 6 December 1732 to medal engraver Alexis Étienne Rousselet.[1][2] All four of her siblings were also engravers.[1] She was related to engraver, Gilles Rousselet (1614–1686),[3] and the sculptor, Jean Rousselet (1656–1693), both of whom were members of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture.[2]
In 1757, she married engraver and cartographer, Pierre François Tardieu, as his second wife.[3][4][2] The couple worked together at times.[5] After her husband's death in 1771, she achieved recognition for her work and contributions. Marie-Anne made several engravings of historical and genre subjects, including Saint John the Baptist (1756) after Jean-Baptiste van Loo.[2]
She died in Paris on 1826.
Her work is in public collections including the Nationalmuseum of Stockholm,[6] Rijksmuseum,[7] among others.
Publications
These are known publications that featured engraving work by Rousselet.[8]
- Lacépède, Bernard Germain (1798–1803). Illustrations de Histoire naturelle des poissons. Paris, France: Chez Passan.
- Leclerc de Buffon, Georges-Louis (1781). Illustrations de Histoire naturelle des oiseaux. Paris, France: Imprimerie royale.
- Leclerc de Buffon, Georges-Louis (1788). Illustrations de Histoire naturelle des quadrupèdes ovipares et des serpents. Paris, France: Hotel de Thou.
- de Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste (1803). Histoire naturelle des végétaux classés par familles, Avec la citation de la classe et de l'ordre de Linné etc. Paris, France: chez Deterville. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.58719. ISBN 0665500815.
{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) - Latreille, Pierre André (1805). Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des crustacés et des insectes. Paris, France. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.15764.
