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La Reine Margot
Paris, France · founded 1938
Paris archaeology gallery founded in 1938 by Madame Mengin and directed by Gilles Cohen since about 1980, handling antiquities from many cultures.
About
La Reine Margot is a Paris archaeology gallery created in 1938 by Madame Mengin2,3. Gilles Cohen has directed it since about 1980; French Wikipedia gives 1980, while his own blog places his takeover in the late 1970s2,3. A medieval piece is recorded at the gallery in 19804.
The gallery handles antiquities from Egypt, Greece, Rome, the Near East, Asia and the Middle Ages, and Cohen's blog shows his own interest in Gandharan and Chinese art and in idols2,3.
One Cypriot pot is traced to it. A Christie's lot gives the provenance "with La Reine Margot, Paris", then Charles Ede in 1992, and cites Charles Ede's Cypriot Pottery XIII (1993), no. 281.
The Cypriot collection
one traced Cypriot pot (sold on to Charles Ede 1992); a general archaeology gallery, Cypriot stock not otherwise documented (1992)
History
- 1938According to French Wikipedia and Gilles Cohen's blog, gallery founded by Madame Mengin at 7 quai de Conti, Paris 6e
ParisGalerie La Reine Margot… 2026Gilles Cohen, antiquaire, directeur… 2011
- 1980Directed by Gilles Cohen from c. 1980 (late 1970s per his blog); a medieval piece is recorded at the gallery in 1980
ParisGalerie La Reine Margot… 2026Gilles Cohen, antiquaire, directeur… 2011Cambridge University Press 10.1017/9781846153549… 2026
- 1992Cypriot piece passed from La Reine Margot, Paris, to Charles Ede (per provenance line); published in Charles Ede, Cypriot Pottery XIII (1993), no. 28
People
2 peopleStaff and members · 2
- Madame Menginfounder (from 1938)Galerie La Reine Margot… 20261938
- Gilles Cohendirector (from 1980)Galerie La Reine Margot… 2026Gilles Cohen, antiquaire, directeur… 20111980
Objects
Sources
- 1. (2026). “Christie's lot 6411625, provenance line (as given in discovery lead; page not fetchable)”. Online
- 2. (2026). “Galerie La Reine Margot (French Wikipedia)”. Online
- 3. (2011). “Gilles Cohen, antiquaire, directeur de la galerie d'archeologie La Reine Margot (blog)”. Online
- 4. (2026). “Cambridge University Press 10.1017/9781846153549 (study of medieval carved ivory/alabaster subjects), pp. 13, 109: lists a piece with 'Antiquites a la Reine Margot, 7 Quai de Conti, Paris (1980)'”. 13, 109.