Career
He was working from about 1731 until his apparent retirement in 1761. He engraved Watteau"s designs, interpreting and adapting them so that he became the main source through whom Watteau"s ornament was known in the 18th century and went on to etch and engrave designs of Jacques de Lajoue, François Boucher, Gilles-Marie Oppenord, Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, Alexis Peyrotte, Nicolas Pineau and many other contemporary painters and designers. Works by Huquier are held in the collection of the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum.
