Marie-Anne Horthemels

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Marie-Anne-Hyacinthe Horthemels
Born 1682
Died 24 March 1727
Paris, France
Spouse Germain Le Coq, Nicolas-Henri Tardieu
Nationality French
Field Engraving

Marie-Anne-Hyacinthe Horthemels (1682 - 24 March 1727) was a French engraver, wife of the King's engraver Nicolas-Henri Tardieu.

Biography

Marie-Anne-Hyacinthe Horthemels was one of three daughters of the Dutch bookseller Daniel Horthemels (c. 1650-1691) and his wife Marie Cellier (b. 1656), from Saint-Maurice, to the southeast of Paris. The family converted from Protestantism to Roman Catholicism, and became followers of the theologian Cornelius Jansen. Marie-Anne had at least five siblings. Her sister Louise-Magdeleine Horthemels was an active reproductive engraver who married Charles-Nicolas Cochin, graveur du roi.[5] Marie-Nicole married Alexis Simon Belle, peintre ordinaire du roi.[6] Her brothers Daniel and Denys continued in the bookselling trade, while Frédéric Horthemels was also an engraver.

Marie-Anne's first marriage was to the pastry-maker Germain Le Coq, who had worked for King Louis XIV of France (1638–1715) and for the Duchess of Burgundy.[7] They married around 1705, and Germain died around 1710. They had at least one son, Germain-Jacques Lecocq.[1] At the age of thirty, on 20 April 1712 she married again, to Nicolas-Henri Tardieu. They had five children: Louis-Nicolas, Jacques-Nicolas, Pierre-Denis, Marie-Perrette and Marie Madelaine.[7] Jacques-Nicolas Tardieu was born on 2 September 1716 in Paris. He was also to become a well-known engraver.[8]

Marie-Anne-Hyacinthe Horthemels died on 24 March 1727 at the age of 45.[9]

Work

Marie-Anne had a talent for engraving, and is known for her portraits of Cardinal de Bissy, Cardinal de Rohan and the Regent Philippe II, Duke of Orléans.[9][lower-alpha 1] The British Museum has an engraved portrait of James Francis Edward Stuart, the Old Pretender, after a painting by Alexis Simon Belle, dated 1720. The portrait was engraved by "MM. Horthemels", and is thought to be her work.[10]

Gallery

References

Notes

  1. Her work is usually signed "Marie Horthemels", although her portrait of Cardinal de Bissy is signed "Marie-Hyacinthe Horthemels". There had been some debate over the authorship of the engravings signed only "Marie Horthemels", since they could be the work of her sister Marie-Nicole. However, the location of "rue Saint-Jacques, au Maecenas" is given on pieces signed "Marie" and "Marie-Hyacinthe", indicating that they are all the work of Marie-Anne-Hyacinthe Horthemels.[1]

Citations

  1. 1.0 1.1 Montaiglon 1856, p. 53.
  2. http://articles.latimes.com/2006/mar/25/local/me-palevsky25
  3. http://www.slate.com/articles/life/the_slate60/2007/02/the_2006_slate_60_donations.html
  4. http://www.ucpress.edu/imprint.php?i=palev
  5. Poulson 1985, p. 20-23.
  6. Bann 2001, p. 173.
  7. 7.0 7.1 Jal 1867, p. 1175.
  8. Mariette, Chennevières & Montaiglon 1856, p. 62.
  9. 9.0 9.1 Chavignerie & Auvray 1885, p. 542.
  10. Jacques III Pretendent D'Angleterre....

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