Pierre Quesnel

[6] Other French craftsmen working on the Scottish royal palaces include the woodcarver and metal-worker Andrew Mansioun and the mason Nicolas Roy.

[8] Pierre Quesnel's work is also mostly lost, excepting an Architectural Study after Jacques Androuet du Cerceau, preserved at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, and another drawing, a view called Château of Sées.

In November 1541, Mary of Guise's mother, Antoinette de Bourbon, wrote to thank her daughter for what may have been a portrait miniature James V had sent to her, which she called a "diamond", and could have been painted from life:pour bien faire mes tres humbles mersimens au Roy du dyament quy luy a pleu m'envoyer.

[12] In 1570, a contract was made by Pierre and his son François Quesnel for the decoration of lodgings for the Bishop of Évreux at the Bois de Vincennes.

The devis or specification details a white background in distemper and oil paints, for heraldry and inscriptions on freizes and above chimneys, with grotesque patterns.