[2] He was received at the Académie française on 24 October 1749 for his engraved portraits of Bon Boullogne (after Gilles Allou) and Le Lorrain (after Donat Nonnotte).

[4] Tardieu married in turn two print makers, Jeanne-Louise-Françoise Duvivier and Élisabeth-Claire Tournay.

Her works included The Concert after Jean François de Troy, La Marchande de moutarde (The Mustard Merchant) after Charles François Hutin, La Dame de Charité (The Charitable Lady), Le Prêtre du Catéchisme (The Catechist) and La Vieille Coquette (The Old Coquette) after Pierre Louis Dumesnil, and Le Joli Dormir (The Repose) after Étienne Jeaurat.

The tendency for wives to become prominent artists beside their husbands was unusual at the time but was common in the Tardieu family.

[2] His greatest ability may have been in portraits, such as those of his father and of Alexis Simon Belle, Pierre Jeannin and Mademoiselle du Bocage.