François Quesnel and his brother Nicholas, also an artist, were born in Edinburgh, the sons of Pierre Quesnel, a painter attached to the court of James V of Scotland. They moved to France in 1572 and worked for the courts of Henry III and Henry IV.
Artist Bibliography
1983
George Goldner, Master Drawings from The Woodner Collection (Santa Monica: J. Paul Getty Museum, 1983), no. 55.