Robert Mangot
Robert Mangot was a French goldsmith who supplied the royal court and Mary, Queen of Scots.
He was a son of the goldsmith Pierre Mangot, who worked for Francis I of France.[1] He was based in Paris. Mangot attended the funeral of Henry II of France as a royal goldsmith.[2] He was listed as a goldsmith in the household of Charles IX in 1577.
In 1551 he supplied a gem of green jasper spotted with red, known as a heliotrope, engraved with the figure of an Indian.[3]
An account for the households of the royal children in 1551 includes some of his bills. The young Mary, Queen of Scots, had jewels repaired and refashioned by Parisian jewellers including Robert Mangot, Jean Doublet and Mathurin Lussault. Mangot made gold paternoster beads and "gerbes" for her rosaries. He provided a girdle or belt and a descending chain, made in Spanish fashion. He also supplied 1,500 gold buttons to decorate bands of silver embroidery that edged a black velvet gown.[4]
References[]
- ^ Thierry Crépin-Leblond, Marie Stuart: le destin français d'une reine d'Écosse, (Paris, 2008), p. 56.
- ^ Funérailles du roy Henry II (Paris, 1869), p. 62.
- ^ Léon, marquis de Laborde, Notice des émaux exposés dans les galeries du Musée du Louvre, 2 (Paris, 1853), p. 349.
- ^ Thierry Crépin-Leblond, Marie Stuart: le destin français d'une reine d'Écosse, (Paris, 2008), pp. 56, 70: Alphonse de Ruble, La première jeunesse de Marie Stuart (Paris, 1891), 37-40, 297-300: See external links for the passages transcribe by Ruble.
External links[]
- 16th-century French people
- Court of Mary, Queen of Scots
- French goldsmiths
- Material culture of royal courts