Career
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. Marie-Nicole married Alexis Simon Belle, peintre ordinaire du roi.
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. They had at least one son, Germain-Jacques Lecocq.
They had five children: Louis-Nicolas, Jacques-Nicolas, Pierre-Denis, Marie-Perrette and Marie Madelaine. Jacques-Nicolas Tardieu was born on 2 September 1716 in Paris.
He was also to become a well-known engraver.
Marie-Anne-Hyacinthe Horthemels died on 24 March 1727 at the age of 45.
