Marie-Anne Rousselet

Marie-Anne Rousselet, also known as Marie-Anne Tardieu, Veuve Tardieu (Widow Tardieu), (1732–1826) was a French engraver and illustrator.

Marie-Anne Rousselet
Born6 December 1732
Paris, France
Died1826
Paris, France
Other namesMarie-Anne Tardieu, Widow Tardieu, Veuve Tardieu, MRV Tardieu
Known forEngraving
SpousePierre François Tardieu
Image by Rousselet from the book, Illustrations de Histoire naturelle des poissons (1781).
Image by Rousselet, from the Bernard Germain de Lacépède book, Illustrations de Histoire naturelle des poissons (1798–1803).

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]

References
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  1. Nouvelles Archives de l'art Français [New Archives of French Art] (in French). French Art History Society. 1885. p. 34.
  2. Archives de l'art français [Archives of French art]. Vol. 7. Société de l'histoire de l'art français. 1856. pp. 51–52. Retrieved 2020-05-16.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. Bryan, Michael (1904). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Volume 4. George Charles Williamson. Macmillan. p. 289.
  4. Williams, Hannah (2017). Académie Royale: A History in Portraits. Routledge. p. 163. ISBN 9781351577816.
  5. Rees, Abraham (1819). The Cyclopædia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature. Vol. 15. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown.
  6. "Marie Anne Rousselet". Nationalmuseum. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  7. "Vaas met ranken, Marie-Anne Rousselet, after Maurice Jacques, 1745 - 1775". Rijksmuseum. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  8. "Rousselet, Marie-Anne (1732-1826)". WorldCat.
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