Pierre François Tardieu

Pierre François Tardieu is represented here by a compact group of prints that carry French rococo subjects into the graphic arts through etching and engraving. Mythological scenes such as The Judgment of Paris and Perseus and Andromeda sit alongside delicate figures of children with wreaths, baskets of flowers and grapes, the latter drawn from a second book of figures after porcelains of the Manufacture Royale de France. The collection comprises eight sheets in these two techniques, dated by the Met to the years 1750 to 1757, with impressions up to that span even where the plates themselves precede it.

8 works in the collection · All public domain (CC0)

Diana and Acteon

· Etching and engraving

The Judgment of Paris (1750)

1750 · Etching and engraving

Little Boy Holding a Wreath and Basket of Flowers, from 'Deuxième Livre de Figures d'après les porcelaines de la Manufacture Royale de France'

after 1757 · Etching and engraving

Little girl holding a garland of flowers, from "Deuxième Livre de Figures d'après les porcelaines de la Manufacture Royale de France"

after 1757 · Etching and engraving

Little boy holding a basket of grapes, from 'Deuxième Livre de Figures d'après les porcelaines de la Manufacture Royale de France'

after 1757 · Etching and engraving

Little girl holding grapes with a basket of them by her side, from "Deuxième Livre de Figures d'après les porcelaines de la Manufacture Royale de France"

after 1757 · Etching and engraving

Little girl playing with a dog, from "Deuxième Livre de Figures d'après les porcelaines de la Manufacture Royale de France"

after 1757 · Etching and engraving

Perseus and Andromeda (ca. 1750)

ca. 1750 · Etching and engraving