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40: 239: 202: 255: 217: 143:). He married Charlotte Richandeau, with whom he had four children. A widower, he remarried in 1584 Marguerite Le Masson, who gave him ten more children, among whom were Nicolas (died 1632) and Augustin, painters, and Jacques, bookseller. 154:, but it is as a portrait painter, both in oils and in delicately tinted pencil or red and black chalk, that he is chiefly remembered. Some portraits were engraved by Thomas de Leu and 201: 216: 39: 360: 254: 182:
and sister of his father's employer in Scotland, Mary of Guise (who was buried in the Convent). The eight tapestries and his cartoons were to be 1.5
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in height, and 10.25 ells in length. Each was to include the heraldry of the Abbess in the centre. The cost of this design work was 5
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for the Church of Saint Madeleine in Paris. In August 1586, François contracted to provide designs for tapestries of the
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Histoire de l' Art au XVIe siècle: Documents du Minutier Central des Notaires de Paris
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and his Scottish wife Madeleine Digby, born in Edinburgh while his father worked for
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for Renée of Guise Lorraine, Abbess of the Convent of Saint-Pierre-les-Dames at
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per Paris ell. These tapestries following his designs were woven in Paris.
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Several portrait drawings, some identified sitters, Harvard Art Museums
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Portrait, possibly of Catherine-Charlotte de la Trémoille
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Quesnel's 1609 map of Paris, engraved by Pierre Vallet,
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In le Paris he worked as a decorator and a designer of
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In 1585 François provided a cartoon for a tapestry of
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François Jean Baptiste Quesnel

Michel Lasne
Edinburgh
Paris
Pierre Quesnel
Pierre Quesnel
Mary of Guise
Catherine de Medici
Henri III
cartoons
tapestry
Michel Lasne
Paris
Reims
ells
ecu sols
Portrait, possibly of Catherine-Charlotte de la Trémoille, ca 1589, attributed to Quesnel
Portrait of Henri III of France, ca. 1582-86 attributed to Quesnel (Musée du Louvre)
Henri III of France
Musée du Louvre
Portrait of Mary Anne Waltham, Althorp House.
Althorp House
Quesnel's 1609 map of Paris, engraved by Pierre Vallet, le jeune
Several portrait drawings, some identified sitters, Harvard Art Museums
Engraving of François Quesnel
Pierre Brebiette
Portrait of a Noblewoman (attributed), Detroit Institute of Arts
Portrait of a Bearded Man (attributed), Cleveland Museum of Art
Portrait of a Bearded Man (attributed), Royal Collection

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