Pierre Alexandre Tardieu (1711 – 1771) was a French engraver and cartographer and the nephew of Nicolas-Henri Tardieu. Nicolas-Henry was King Louis XV’s royal engraver, and from his uncle Pierre learned the craft of engraving.
He has produced many historical and genre works, including flora.
- illustration: rare, beautifully colored engraving with Irise de Perse, Semidouble and Giroflée blanche. From the book Nouveau livre de fleurs after a drawing by Maurice Jacques
- year: ca. 1612
- quality: excellent, brown spot in margin
- signed: no
- image size: 27.8 x 18.6 cm (h x w)
- sheet or frame size: 40.4 x 27.5 cm (h x w)
