Marie-Anne Rousselet

[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.

[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.

Her work is in public collections including the Nationalmuseum of Stockholm,[6] Rijksmuseum,[7] among others.

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).