{"id":23567,"date":"2024-02-06T17:23:47","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T16:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/?p=23567"},"modified":"2024-10-29T18:02:55","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T17:02:55","slug":"pochette-romain-cheron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/en\/2024\/02\/06\/pochette-romain-cheron\/","title":{"rendered":"La pochette de Nicolas Varin, ma\u00eetre \u00e0 danser des Pages de la Grande Ecurie de Louis XIV"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:29px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:29px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p id=\"francais\">Vichy Ench\u00e8res vous propose de d\u00e9couvrir une merveille de la facture instrumentale, l\u2019une de celles qui se font si rares que l\u2019on ose \u00e0 peine y toucher\u2026 Et pourtant, l\u2019instrument en question servit pendant des ann\u00e9es \u00e0 un ma\u00eetre \u00e0 danser de la cour de Louis XIV, qui n\u2019h\u00e9sita sans doute pas \u00e0 le mettre dans sa poche ! D\u00e9couvrez cet instrument pr\u00e9cieux et replongez \u00e0 une \u00e9poque o\u00f9 la danse faisait partie int\u00e9grante de l\u2019\u00e9ducation de la noblesse\u2026!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:29px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-499968f5 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024-04-13-vcp-vente-125-etude-detaillee-jerome-casanova-pochette-cheron-romain.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Etude d\u00e9taill\u00e9e de notre expert, J\u00e9r\u00f4me Casanova<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--2\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024-04-13-vcp-collection-catalogue-125-bd.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Catalogue<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--3\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.interencheres.com\/meubles-objets-art\/instruments-a-vent-et-a-cordes-pincees-livres-de-musique-partitions-autographes-623462\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vente du 12 avril 2024<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--4\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.interencheres.com\/meubles-objets-art\/instruments-a-vent-et-a-cordes-pincees-623463\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vente du 13 avril 2024<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--5\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Contact<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--6\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/vichy-encheres\/equipe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Experts<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--7\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"#english\">English version<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Le maitre \u00e0 danser au XVII\u00e8me si\u00e8cle<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-8 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"23623\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-2-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Pochette de violon de Romain CHERON sign\u00e9e et dat\u00e9e 1681 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-23623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-2-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-2-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-2-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-2-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-2-1568x2352.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-2-67x100.jpg 67w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-2-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-3-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"23625\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-3-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Pochette de violon de Romain CHERON sign\u00e9e et dat\u00e9e 1681 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-23625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-3-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-3-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-3-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-3-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-3-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-3-1568x2352.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-3-67x100.jpg 67w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-3-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-4-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"23627\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-4-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Pochette de violon de Romain CHERON sign\u00e9e et dat\u00e9e 1681 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-23627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-4-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-4-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-4-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-4-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-4-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-4-1568x2352.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-4-67x100.jpg 67w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-4-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Pochette de violon de Romain CHERON sign\u00e9e et dat\u00e9e 168<br>Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024<br>\u00a9 C. Darbelet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Cette pochette de ma\u00eetre \u00e0 danser en forme de violon a \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9alis\u00e9e par Romain Ch\u00e9ron \u00e0 Paris, en 1681, comme l\u2019indique son \u00e9tiquette manuscrite \u00e0 l\u2019encre brune plac\u00e9e \u00e0 l\u2019int\u00e9rieur de l\u2019instrument.&nbsp; Les pochettes \u00e9taient principalement en usage sous l\u2019Ancien R\u00e9gime et servaient aux ma\u00eetres de danse &#8211; qui \u00e9taient avant tout de bons violonistes &#8211; \u00e0 l\u2019enseignement de la danse et \u00e0 la dispense de cours de maintien. Le ma\u00eetre \u00e0 danser, ou baladin selon l\u2019ancien usage, donnait ainsi des le\u00e7ons de comportement et enseignait les mouvements gracieux n\u00e9cessaires pour participer aux ballets de la Cour. L\u2019instrument permettait au ma\u00eetre \u00e0 danser de marquer le pas et de se d\u00e9placer ais\u00e9ment gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 sa petite taille, \u201cde poche\u201d, qui lui valut son nom de pochette.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cIl faut dire que, \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9poque baroque et jusqu\u2019\u00e0 la fin du XVIIIe si\u00e8cle, les manteaux \u00e9taient pourvus de larges et profondes poches. Les pochettes pouvaient donc s\u2019y nicher d\u00e9licieusement, balanc\u00e9es&nbsp; \u00e0 la cadence du pas des ma\u00eetres \u00e0 danser montant les marches des perrons de maisons cossues o\u00f9 nobles et bourgeoises les attendaient pour recevoir leur le\u00e7on de maintien et de danse.\u201d<\/p>\n<cite>Claude Lebet, La pochette du ma\u00eetre \u00e0 danser, 2014, p.5<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Le ma\u00eetre de danse \u00e9tait en effet une figure indispensable de l\u2019\u00e9ducation de l&#8217;aristocratie. Il \u00e9tait au service des plus grands puisqu\u2019il donnait des le\u00e7ons aux rois, reines, princes et aux pages du roi. Louis XIV eut ainsi plusieurs ma\u00eetres de danse, dont Pierre Beauchamps et Jean Regnault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rares sont les pochettes parvenues jusqu\u2019\u00e0 nous, et encore plus rares sont celles en forme de violon. La majorit\u00e9 de celles conserv\u00e9es sont en bateau, \u00e0 l\u2019image des tr\u00e8s beaux autres mod\u00e8les de la vente Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-9 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/01-maitre-danse-ph-canot-18eme.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"835\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"23569\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/01-maitre-danse-ph-canot-18eme-835x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Le ma\u00eetre de danse, Ph. Canot, XVIIIe si\u00e8cle\" class=\"wp-image-23569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/01-maitre-danse-ph-canot-18eme-835x1024.jpg 835w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/01-maitre-danse-ph-canot-18eme-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/01-maitre-danse-ph-canot-18eme-768x942.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/01-maitre-danse-ph-canot-18eme-82x100.jpg 82w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/01-maitre-danse-ph-canot-18eme.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 835px) 100vw, 835px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Le ma\u00eetre de danse, Ph. Canot, XVIIIe si\u00e8cle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201c[S]i l\u2019on prend la peine de se pencher de plus pr\u00e8s sur les rares violons de poche parvenus jusqu\u2019\u00e0 nous, on aura la surprise de se retrouver la plupart du temps devant de v\u00e9ritables chefs-d\u2019oeuvre de sculpture et de fantaisie\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<cite>Claude Lebet, La pochette du ma\u00eetre \u00e0 danser, 2014, p.2<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-10 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-7-pochette-19e-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"23666\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-7-pochette-19e-1-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Pochette XIX\u00e8me orn\u00e9e d'une t\u00eate en ivoire d'un travail plus ancien. Travail anonyme. Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-23666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-7-pochette-19e-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-7-pochette-19e-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-7-pochette-19e-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-7-pochette-19e-1-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-7-pochette-19e-1-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-7-pochette-19e-1-1568x2352.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-7-pochette-19e-1-67x100.jpg 67w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-7-pochette-19e-1-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pochette XIX\u00e8me orn\u00e9e d&#8217;une t\u00eate en ivoire d&#8217;un travail plus ancien. Travail anonyme. <br>Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024 <br>\u00a9 C. Darbelet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-8-pochette-18e-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"23690\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-8-pochette-18e-1-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Pochette probablement XVIII\u00e8me. Travail anonyme. Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-23690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-8-pochette-18e-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-8-pochette-18e-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-8-pochette-18e-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-8-pochette-18e-1-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-8-pochette-18e-1-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-8-pochette-18e-1-1568x2352.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-8-pochette-18e-1-67x100.jpg 67w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-8-pochette-18e-1-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pochette probablement XVIII\u00e8me. Travail anonyme.  <br>Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024 <br>\u00a9 C. Darbelet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-9-pochette-20e-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"23714\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-9-pochette-20e-1-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Pochette fran\u00e7aise du d\u00e9but du XX\u00e8me. Travail anonyme. Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-23714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-9-pochette-20e-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-9-pochette-20e-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-9-pochette-20e-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-9-pochette-20e-1-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-9-pochette-20e-1-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-9-pochette-20e-1-1568x2352.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-9-pochette-20e-1-67x100.jpg 67w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-9-pochette-20e-1-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pochette fran\u00e7aise du d\u00e9but du  XX\u00e8me. Travail anonyme. <br>Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024 <br>\u00a9 C. Darbelet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Une pochette de maitre \u00e0 danser r\u00e9alis\u00e9e par Romain Ch\u00e9ron<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Dat\u00e9e de 1681, cette pochette a \u00e9t\u00e9 fabriqu\u00e9e sous le r\u00e8gne de Louis XIV, alors que la profession de ma\u00eetre \u00e0 danser vient d\u2019\u00eatre \u00e9lev\u00e9e au rang de personnel de la cour. Son fabricant, Romain Ch\u00e9ron, est issu d\u2019une dynastie de luthiers et vendeurs de cordes de Rome. Son grand-p\u00e8re Antoine Ch\u00e9ron est actif depuis 1599 comme ma\u00eetre faiseur d\u2019instruments, rue des Arcis, \u00e0 la c\u00e9l\u00e8bre enseigne du Singe Vert. Il est certainement le fils de Nicolas Ch\u00e9ron ou de son fr\u00e8re No\u00ebl Ch\u00e9ron, qui furent \u00e9galement facteurs d\u2019instruments au milieu du XVII\u00e8me si\u00e8cle, probablement actifs rue Dauphine et rue de la Vieille boucherie, \u00e0 Paris<a id=\"_ftnref1\" href=\"#_ftn1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a>. Les actes notari\u00e9s, ainsi qu\u2019une \u00e9tiquette pr\u00e9sente dans une guitare, nous renseignent sur l\u2019existence d\u2019un autre luthier, Robert Ch\u00e9ron, parfois confondu avec Romain Ch\u00e9ron. La guitare en question a \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9alis\u00e9e en 1694 et est conserv\u00e9e au Metropolitan Museum of Art de New York. Cet instrument richement orn\u00e9 \u00e9voque le travail des Voboam et rappelle que d\u2019autres luthiers parisiens excellaient dans ce domaine, bien que leur production soit rest\u00e9e dans l\u2019ombre, faute de recherches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" id=\"_ftn1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a> Constant Pierre, <em>Les facteurs d\u2019instruments de musique<\/em>, Sagot, 1893<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Ajoutons que la dynastie Ch\u00e9ron compte \u00e9galement un Jean-Baptiste Ch\u00e9ron, actif \u00e0 la fin du XVII\u00e8me si\u00e8cle, ainsi que d\u2019autres facteurs et ma\u00eetres de musique au XVIII\u00e8me si\u00e8cle. Romain Ch\u00e9ron eut un fils, Michel Romain, \u201cma\u00eetre de violle\u201d, qui se maria en 1711 (son contrat de mariage nous permet de savoir que Romain Ch\u00e9ron \u00e9tait encore vivant \u00e0 cette date l\u00e0). La documentation dont nous disposons sur Romain Ch\u00e9ron est bien pauvre. Toutefois, chose int\u00e9ressante, un extrait des registres du Conseil d\u2019Etat nous apprend qu\u2019il fut le premier, avec Honor\u00e9 Rastoin, \u00e0 acqu\u00e9rir la charge de jur\u00e9 de la communaut\u00e9 des facteurs d\u2019instruments, en 1692<a href=\"#_ftn1\" id=\"_ftnref1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a>. Il \u00e9tait donc un luthier important. Malheureusement, \u00e0 l\u2019exception de cette pochette de ma\u00eetre \u00e0 danser, nous ne connaissons qu\u2019un autre instrument sign\u00e9 Romain Ch\u00e9ron. Il s\u2019agit d\u2019une basse de viole de gambe de 1694, conserv\u00e9e aux Mus\u00e9es royaux d\u2019Art et d\u2019Histoire de Bruxelles. Celle-ci a notamment l\u2019int\u00e9r\u00eat de conserver une \u00e9tiquette sur laquelle appara\u00eet l\u2019adresse de Romain Ch\u00e9ron, rue Saint-Antoine \u00e0 Paris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" id=\"_ftn1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a> Constant Pierre, <em>Les facteurs d\u2019instruments de musique<\/em>, Sagot, 1893<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/2024\/02\/03\/guitares-rene-jean-baptiste-voboam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Consulter notre article sur l\u2019alpha et l\u2019om\u00e9ga des guitares Voboam : de Ren\u00e9 \u00e0 Jean-Baptiste<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-11 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/02-robert-cheron-guitare-1694-metropolitan-museum-ny-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"23571\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/02-robert-cheron-guitare-1694-metropolitan-museum-ny-480x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Robert Ch\u00e9ron, guitare, 1694, Metropolitan Museum of NY\" class=\"wp-image-23571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/02-robert-cheron-guitare-1694-metropolitan-museum-ny-480x1024.jpg 480w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/02-robert-cheron-guitare-1694-metropolitan-museum-ny-141x300.jpg 141w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/02-robert-cheron-guitare-1694-metropolitan-museum-ny-768x1640.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/02-robert-cheron-guitare-1694-metropolitan-museum-ny-719x1536.jpg 719w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/02-robert-cheron-guitare-1694-metropolitan-museum-ny-959x2048.jpg 959w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/02-robert-cheron-guitare-1694-metropolitan-museum-ny-47x100.jpg 47w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/02-robert-cheron-guitare-1694-metropolitan-museum-ny-scaled.jpg 1199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Robert Ch\u00e9ron, guitare, 1694, Metropolitan Museum of NY<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/03-robert-cheron-guitare-1694-metropolitan-museum-ny-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"593\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"23573\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/03-robert-cheron-guitare-1694-metropolitan-museum-ny-593x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Robert Ch\u00e9ron, guitare, 1694, Metropolitan Museum of NY\" class=\"wp-image-23573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/03-robert-cheron-guitare-1694-metropolitan-museum-ny-593x1024.jpg 593w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/03-robert-cheron-guitare-1694-metropolitan-museum-ny-174x300.jpg 174w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/03-robert-cheron-guitare-1694-metropolitan-museum-ny-768x1326.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/03-robert-cheron-guitare-1694-metropolitan-museum-ny-890x1536.jpg 890w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/03-robert-cheron-guitare-1694-metropolitan-museum-ny-1186x2048.jpg 1186w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/03-robert-cheron-guitare-1694-metropolitan-museum-ny-1568x2707.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/03-robert-cheron-guitare-1694-metropolitan-museum-ny-58x100.jpg 58w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/03-robert-cheron-guitare-1694-metropolitan-museum-ny-scaled.jpg 1483w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Robert Ch\u00e9ron, guitare, 1694, Metropolitan Museum of NY<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/04-1-romain-cheron-basse-viole-gambe-1694-musees-royaux-art-histoire-bruxelles.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"333\" height=\"525\" data-id=\"23575\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/04-1-romain-cheron-basse-viole-gambe-1694-musees-royaux-art-histoire-bruxelles.jpg\" alt=\"Romain Ch\u00e9ron, basse de viole de gambe, 1694, Mus\u00e9es royaux d'Art et d'Histoire de Bruxelles\" class=\"wp-image-23575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/04-1-romain-cheron-basse-viole-gambe-1694-musees-royaux-art-histoire-bruxelles.jpg 333w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/04-1-romain-cheron-basse-viole-gambe-1694-musees-royaux-art-histoire-bruxelles-190x300.jpg 190w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/04-1-romain-cheron-basse-viole-gambe-1694-musees-royaux-art-histoire-bruxelles-63x100.jpg 63w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Romain Ch\u00e9ron, basse de viole de gambe, 1694, Mus\u00e9es royaux d&#8217;Art et d&#8217;Histoire de Bruxelles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Une pochette royale aux armes de France<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-5 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-12 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-6-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"23639\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-6-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Pochette de violon de Romain CHERON sign\u00e9e et dat\u00e9e 1681 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-23639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-6-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-6-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-6-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-6-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-6-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-6-1568x2352.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-6-67x100.jpg 67w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-6-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-14-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"23655\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-14-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Pochette de violon de Romain CHERON sign\u00e9e et dat\u00e9e 1681 D\u00e9tails des armes de France Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-23655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-14-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-14-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-14-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-14-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-14-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-14-1568x2352.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-14-67x100.jpg 67w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-14-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-12-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"23651\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-12-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Pochette de violon de Romain CHERON sign\u00e9e et dat\u00e9e 1681 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-23651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-12-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-12-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-12-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-12-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-12-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-12-1568x2352.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-12-67x100.jpg 67w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-12-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-7-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"23641\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-7-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Pochette de violon de Romain CHERON sign\u00e9e et dat\u00e9e 1681 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-23641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-7-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-7-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-7-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-7-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-7-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-7-1568x2352.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-7-67x100.jpg 67w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-7-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/04-2-pochette-romain-cheron-1681-detail-talon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"963\" height=\"930\" data-id=\"23577\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/04-2-pochette-romain-cheron-1681-detail-talon.jpg\" alt=\"Pochette de violon de Romain CHERON sign\u00e9e et dat\u00e9e 1681 D\u00e9coration de t\u00eate de m\u00e9duse et d\u2019am\u00e9rindien sur le talon Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-23577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/04-2-pochette-romain-cheron-1681-detail-talon.jpg 963w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/04-2-pochette-romain-cheron-1681-detail-talon-300x290.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/04-2-pochette-romain-cheron-1681-detail-talon-768x742.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/04-2-pochette-romain-cheron-1681-detail-talon-100x97.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 963px) 100vw, 963px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-5 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-13 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-10-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"23647\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-10-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Pochette de violon de Romain CHERON sign\u00e9e et dat\u00e9e 1681 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-23647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-10-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-10-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-10-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-10-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-10-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-10-1568x2352.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-10-67x100.jpg 67w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-10-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-8-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"23643\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-8-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Pochette de violon de Romain CHERON sign\u00e9e et dat\u00e9e 1681 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-23643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-8-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-8-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-8-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-8-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-8-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-8-1568x2352.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-8-67x100.jpg 67w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-8-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-9-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"23645\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-9-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Pochette de violon de Romain CHERON sign\u00e9e et dat\u00e9e 1681 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-23645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-9-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-9-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-9-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-9-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-9-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-9-1568x2352.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-9-67x100.jpg 67w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-9-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-11-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"23649\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-11-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Pochette de violon de Romain CHERON sign\u00e9e et dat\u00e9e 1681 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-23649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-11-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-11-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-11-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-11-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-11-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-11-1568x2352.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-11-67x100.jpg 67w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-11-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Pochette de violon de Romain CHERON sign\u00e9e et dat\u00e9e 1681<br>Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024<br>\u00a9 C. Darbelet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Cette pochette de Romain Ch\u00e9ron est particuli\u00e8rement int\u00e9ressante \u00e0 plus d\u2019un titre.<br>Tout d\u2019abord, parce que c\u2019est la seule pochette parvenue jusqu\u2019\u00e0 nous \u00e0 porter la signature de Romain Ch\u00e9ron. Elle vient donc enrichir le mince \u00e9chantillon de mod\u00e8les connus de ce luthier et donne un \u00e9clairage plus large sur la production de la dynastie Ch\u00e9ron, dont tout porte \u00e0 croire qu\u2019elle fut autrefois importante.<br>Ensuite, parce que c\u2019est l\u2019une des pochettes les plus raffin\u00e9es que nous connaissons. Tout son travail t\u00e9moigne d\u2019un soin d\u2019exception port\u00e9 \u00e0 la r\u00e9alisation de l\u2019instrument, que ce soit dans le choix des mat\u00e9riaux, dans leur traitement ou encore dans l\u2019ex\u00e9cution de son riche d\u00e9cor. Ce deuxi\u00e8me point renvoie \u00e0 sa troisi\u00e8me singularit\u00e9 : la pr\u00e9sence des armes de France sur la touche de l\u2019instrument. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>En effet, cette pochette est la seule connue en forme de violon \u00e0 arborer les armes de France. L\u2019unique autre pochette portant aussi les armes de France est en forme de bateau et est conserv\u00e9e au Mus\u00e9e de la Musique de Paris. Cependant, cette derni\u00e8re ne pr\u00e9sente aucun chiffre (ou monogramme), \u00e0 la diff\u00e9rence de notre instrument. On observe effectivement, sur le dos de la pochette de Romain Ch\u00e9ron, un monogramme \u201cNV\u201d incrust\u00e9 au fil d\u2019argent et d\u2019or. L\u00e0 encore, nous ne connaissons qu\u2019une seule autre pochette ayant un monogramme. Il s\u2019agit d\u2019un instrument allemand r\u00e9alis\u00e9 en 1691, portant \u00e9tiquette de Jacobus Stainer, sans armoiries, et dont le fond est aussi plaqu\u00e9 d\u2019\u00e9cailles de tortue (Mus\u00e9e de la Musique, Paris).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-14 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-14-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"23655\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-14-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Pochette de violon de Romain CHERON sign\u00e9e et dat\u00e9e 1681 D\u00e9tails des armes de France Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-23655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-14-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-14-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-14-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-14-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-14-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-14-1568x2352.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-14-67x100.jpg 67w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-14-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">D\u00e9tails des armes de France<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/07-romain-cheron-pochette-1681-chiffres-dos.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"963\" height=\"929\" data-id=\"23583\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/07-romain-cheron-pochette-1681-chiffres-dos.jpg\" alt=\"Pochette de violon de Romain CHERON sign\u00e9e et dat\u00e9e 1681 Chiffres du dos Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-23583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/07-romain-cheron-pochette-1681-chiffres-dos.jpg 963w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/07-romain-cheron-pochette-1681-chiffres-dos-300x289.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/07-romain-cheron-pochette-1681-chiffres-dos-768x741.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/07-romain-cheron-pochette-1681-chiffres-dos-100x96.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 963px) 100vw, 963px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chiffres du dos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/04-2-pochette-romain-cheron-1681-detail-talon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"963\" height=\"930\" data-id=\"23577\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/04-2-pochette-romain-cheron-1681-detail-talon.jpg\" alt=\"Pochette de violon de Romain CHERON sign\u00e9e et dat\u00e9e 1681 D\u00e9coration de t\u00eate de m\u00e9duse et d\u2019am\u00e9rindien sur le talon Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-23577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/04-2-pochette-romain-cheron-1681-detail-talon.jpg 963w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/04-2-pochette-romain-cheron-1681-detail-talon-300x290.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/04-2-pochette-romain-cheron-1681-detail-talon-768x742.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/04-2-pochette-romain-cheron-1681-detail-talon-100x97.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 963px) 100vw, 963px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">D\u00e9coration de t\u00eate de m\u00e9duse et d\u2019am\u00e9rindien sur le talon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Pochette de violon de Romain CHERON sign\u00e9e et dat\u00e9e 1681<br>Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024<br>\u00a9 C. Darbelet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Comme le sugg\u00e8rent les armes de France, l\u2019extr\u00eame finesse de cette pochette de Romain Ch\u00e9ron recouverte d&#8217;\u00e9cailles de tortue incrust\u00e9es de filets d\u2019or et de vermeil en motifs d\u2019arabesques est \u00e0 la hauteur de la fonction qu\u2019elle remplissait. En effet, la pr\u00e9sence des armes de France rappelle que le ma\u00eetre \u00e0 danser travaille avant tout pour le roi et qu\u2019il sert les int\u00e9r\u00eats de ce dernier. <br>D\u00e8s lors, la pochette se fait le reflet du bon go\u00fbt de Louis XIV, de son \u00e9rudition et de son pouvoir. Sur sa t\u00eate, on trouve une citation de la mythologie antique en la repr\u00e9sentation de M\u00e9duse &#8211; v\u00e9ritable prouesse artistique \u00e0 la physionomie expressive et singuli\u00e8re. Sur le talon, une t\u00eate d\u2019Am\u00e9rindien fait probablement allusion aux explorations contemporaines en Am\u00e9rique de Cavelier de La Salle<a id=\"_ftnref1\" href=\"#_ftn1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a>. Circonstance inesp\u00e9r\u00e9e, nous conservons \u00e9galement l\u2019archet, lui aussi incrust\u00e9 d\u2019or et d\u2019argent, dessinant les m\u00eames arabesques que celles visibles sur la pochette.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" id=\"_ftn1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a> F\u00eates et divertissements \u00e0 la cour\u201d, cat. exp. ch\u00e2teau de Versailles, 2016-2017, Paris, 2016, p.290<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-15 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"801\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"23579\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/05-pochette-bateau-armes-france-17eme-musee-musique-inv-deci-1732-801x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Pochette bateau aux armes de France, XVIIe si\u00e8cle, Mus\u00e9e de la Musique, Inv. D.E.Cl.1732\" class=\"wp-image-23579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/05-pochette-bateau-armes-france-17eme-musee-musique-inv-deci-1732-801x1024.jpg 801w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/05-pochette-bateau-armes-france-17eme-musee-musique-inv-deci-1732-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/05-pochette-bateau-armes-france-17eme-musee-musique-inv-deci-1732-768x982.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/05-pochette-bateau-armes-france-17eme-musee-musique-inv-deci-1732-1201x1536.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/05-pochette-bateau-armes-france-17eme-musee-musique-inv-deci-1732-1602x2048.jpg 1602w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/05-pochette-bateau-armes-france-17eme-musee-musique-inv-deci-1732-1568x2005.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/05-pochette-bateau-armes-france-17eme-musee-musique-inv-deci-1732-78x100.jpg 78w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/05-pochette-bateau-armes-france-17eme-musee-musique-inv-deci-1732-scaled.jpg 2002w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 801px) 100vw, 801px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pochette bateau aux armes de France, XVIIe si\u00e8cle, Mus\u00e9e de la Musique, Inv. D.E.Cl.1732<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"799\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"23581\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/06-pochette-etiquette-jacobus-stainer-chiffre-cj-1691-musee-musique-inv-e58-799x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Pochette \u00e9tiquet\u00e9e Jacobus Stainer, chiffre CJ, 1691, Mus\u00e9e de la Musique, Paris, Inv. E.58\" class=\"wp-image-23581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/06-pochette-etiquette-jacobus-stainer-chiffre-cj-1691-musee-musique-inv-e58-799x1024.jpg 799w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/06-pochette-etiquette-jacobus-stainer-chiffre-cj-1691-musee-musique-inv-e58-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/06-pochette-etiquette-jacobus-stainer-chiffre-cj-1691-musee-musique-inv-e58-768x984.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/06-pochette-etiquette-jacobus-stainer-chiffre-cj-1691-musee-musique-inv-e58-1199x1536.jpg 1199w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/06-pochette-etiquette-jacobus-stainer-chiffre-cj-1691-musee-musique-inv-e58-1598x2048.jpg 1598w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/06-pochette-etiquette-jacobus-stainer-chiffre-cj-1691-musee-musique-inv-e58-1568x2009.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/06-pochette-etiquette-jacobus-stainer-chiffre-cj-1691-musee-musique-inv-e58-78x100.jpg 78w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/06-pochette-etiquette-jacobus-stainer-chiffre-cj-1691-musee-musique-inv-e58-scaled.jpg 1998w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pochette \u00e9tiquet\u00e9e Jacobus Stainer, chiffre CJ, 1691, Mus\u00e9e de la Musique, Paris, Inv. E.58<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-16 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-17-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-id=\"23786\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-17-edited-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Pochette de violon de Romain CHERON sign\u00e9e et dat\u00e9e 1681 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-23786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-17-edited-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-17-edited-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-17-edited-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-17-edited-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-17-edited-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-17-edited-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-17-edited-1568x1045.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-17-edited-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-15-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-id=\"23784\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-15-edited-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Pochette de violon de Romain CHERON sign\u00e9e et dat\u00e9e 1681 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-23784\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-15-edited-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-15-edited-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-15-edited-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-15-edited-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-15-edited-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-15-edited-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-15-edited-1568x1045.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-15-edited-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-16-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-id=\"23782\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-16-edited-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Pochette de violon de Romain CHERON sign\u00e9e et dat\u00e9e 1681 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-23782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-16-edited-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-16-edited-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-16-edited-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-16-edited-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-16-edited-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-16-edited-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-16-edited-1568x1045.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-16-edited-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Pochette de violon de Romain CHERON sign\u00e9e et dat\u00e9e 1681<br>Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024<br>\u00a9 C. Darbelet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lecture du monogramme \u201cNV\u201d<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-17 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"963\" height=\"929\" data-id=\"23583\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/07-romain-cheron-pochette-1681-chiffres-dos.jpg\" alt=\"Pochette de violon de Romain CHERON sign\u00e9e et dat\u00e9e 1681 Chiffres du dos Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-23583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/07-romain-cheron-pochette-1681-chiffres-dos.jpg 963w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/07-romain-cheron-pochette-1681-chiffres-dos-300x289.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/07-romain-cheron-pochette-1681-chiffres-dos-768x741.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/07-romain-cheron-pochette-1681-chiffres-dos-100x96.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 963px) 100vw, 963px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pochette de violon de Romain CHERON sign\u00e9e et dat\u00e9e 1681 \nChiffres du dos \nInstrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024   \n\u00a9 C. Darbelet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"463\" height=\"472\" data-id=\"23585\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/08-charles-mavelot-nouveau-livre-chiffres-1680-extrait.jpg\" alt=\"Charles Mavelot, Nouveau livre de chiffres, 1680, extrait\" class=\"wp-image-23585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/08-charles-mavelot-nouveau-livre-chiffres-1680-extrait.jpg 463w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/08-charles-mavelot-nouveau-livre-chiffres-1680-extrait-294x300.jpg 294w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/08-charles-mavelot-nouveau-livre-chiffres-1680-extrait-98x100.jpg 98w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 463px) 100vw, 463px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Charles Mavelot, Nouveau livre de chiffres, 1680, extrait<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Plusieurs \u00e9l\u00e9ments nous permettent de remonter au pr\u00e9tendu propri\u00e9taire de cette pochette. Le premier est naturellement l\u2019instrument en lui-m\u00eame &#8211; une pochette de ma\u00eetre \u00e0 danser &#8211; r\u00e9alis\u00e9 sans aucun doute pour un ma\u00eetre \u00e0 danser.<br>Le deuxi\u00e8me \u00e9l\u00e9ment est l\u2019\u00e9tiquette mentionnant la date et la localisation de l\u2019instrument, que l\u2019on sait fabriqu\u00e9 en 1681 \u00e0 Paris. Nous pouvons donc le situer au temps du r\u00e8gne de Louis XIV et supposer que son commanditaire \u00e9tait actif aux alentours de la capitale, l\u00e0 o\u00f9 Romain Ch\u00e9ron fabriqua la pochette.<br>Cette hypoth\u00e8se peut \u00eatre soutenue par le troisi\u00e8me indice : la pr\u00e9sence des armes de France, indiquant que le commanditaire gravitait autour du roi et faisait partie d\u2019une des maisons royales de la cour de France.<br>Enfin, le dernier \u00e9l\u00e9ment, et non le moindre, est le chiffre incrust\u00e9 sur le dos. Comme il \u00e9tait d\u2019usage \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9poque, celui-ci d\u00e9signait le propri\u00e9taire de l\u2019instrument : c\u2019est-\u00e0-dire un ma\u00eetre \u00e0 danser du dernier tiers du XVII\u00e8me si\u00e8cle appartenant \u00e0 la Cour. Les recueils de chiffres de l\u2019\u00e9poque, et en premier lieu celui de Charles Mavelot d\u00e9di\u00e9 au Dauphin en 1680, nous permettent de d\u00e9chiffrer, sans erreur possible, le chiffre de la pochette par \u201cNV\u201d.<br>Par chance, les maisons royales de la cour de France ont laiss\u00e9 une riche documentation comprenant des \u201c\u00e9tats de maison\u201d \u00e9tablis notamment en 1674 et 1683. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Ces \u00e9tats nous donnent la liste des membres des maisons et les fonctions que chacun remplissait. En les parcourant, un seul ma\u00eetre \u00e0 danser poss\u00e8de un nom correspondant au monogramme \u201cNV\u201d : Nicolas Varin. En outre, celui-ci appara\u00eet pr\u00e9cis\u00e9ment \u00e0 la bonne \u00e9poque, c\u2019est-\u00e0-dire dans les \u00e9tats de la Maison du roi de 1674 et 1683 (rappelons que la pochette date de 1681). Il est d\u2019ailleurs mentionn\u00e9 dans l\u2019un des plus importants d\u00e9partements de la Maison du roi, les \u00c9curies royales, dans la partie \u201cPages de la grande Ecurie\u201d.<a id=\"_ftnref1\" href=\"#_ftn1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a><br>L\u2019<em>Almanach de la Cour<\/em> compil\u00e9 \u00e0 partir d\u2019archives par William Ritchey Newton<a id=\"_ftnref2\" href=\"#_ftn2\"><sup>[2]<\/sup><\/a>, est aussi tr\u00e8s pr\u00e9cieux, car il nous permet de conna\u00eetre les ma\u00eetres \u00e0 danser servant le roi. L\u2019inspection des diff\u00e9rents noms mentionn\u00e9s nous permet de confirmer notre jugement car aucun autre musicien ne porte ces initiales.<br>A titre d\u2019exemples, voici quelques autres ma\u00eetres \u00e0 danser contemporains de Nicolas Varin : Charles Charpentier \u00e9tait le ma\u00eetre \u00e0 danser des pages aux Ecuries de la reine Marie Th\u00e9r\u00e8se de 1677 \u00e0 1682. Fran\u00e7ois Ballon \u00e9tait le ma\u00eetre \u00e0 danser des pages de la Petite Ecurie vers 1689. Guillaume Raynal donna les le\u00e7ons de danse \u00e0 la dauphine de Bavi\u00e8re entre 1680-1690. Jean Favier fut ma\u00eetre \u00e0 danser des pages de la dauphine de Bavi\u00e8re \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9tablissement de sa maison en 1680 et jusqu\u2019en 1690.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" id=\"_ftn1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a> Nicolas Besongne, L&#8217;\u00c9tat de la France o\u00f9 l\u2019on voit tous les princes, ducs et pairs (&#8230;), Paris, A. Besongne, 1674, 2 vol. ; vol. 1, p. ().Edit\u00e9 en ligne par C. zum Kolk dans le cadre du projet &#8220;Curia&#8221;, Centre de recherche du ch\u00e2teau de Versailles, 2008 ; (http:\/\/chateauversailles-recherche.fr\/curia\/documents\/roi1674.pdf).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><a href=\"#_ftnref2\" id=\"_ftn2\"><sup>[2]<\/sup><\/a> &nbsp;William Ritchey Newton, Almanach de la Cour, Seconde Edition, 2020<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nicolas Varin, maitre \u00e0 danser des Pages de la Grande \u00c9curie et Violon Ordinaire de la Chambre du Roi<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Les \u00e9tats de la Maison du Roi de 1674 et 1683 nous apprennent plusieurs choses sur Nicolas Varin. Dans la partie sur l\u2019\u00e9cole des pages de la Grande \u00c9curie de l\u2019\u00e9tat de la Maison du Roi de 1674, nous pouvons lire ce qui suit :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cMa\u00eetre pour la Danse, Nicolas Varin, des vingt quatre Violons du Roy\u201d<\/p>\n<cite>Etat de 1674<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>L\u2019Etat de 1683 nous permet de constater que Nicolas Varin est encore, \u00e0 cette date l\u00e0, ma\u00eetre des pages des \u00c9curies :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cMa\u00eetre pour la Danse, le sieur Varin, &amp; Antoine Mayeu son gendre \u00e0 survivance\u201d<\/p>\n<cite>Etat de 1683<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Ici, bien que le pr\u00e9nom de Nicolas Varin soit occult\u00e9, nous pouvons \u00eatre sur qu\u2019il s\u2019agisse bien de lui car les archives nationales conservent plusieurs documents permettant de savoir que Nicolas Varin \u00e9tait le beau-p\u00e8re d\u2019Antoine Mayeu (parfois orthographi\u00e9 Mahieux ou Mayeux), lui aussi ma\u00eetre \u00e0 danser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cContrat de mariage entre Antoine Mahieux, natif de Laon et Elisabeth Varin, fille de Nicolas Varin, ma\u00eetre \u00e0 danser des pages de la grande \u00e9curie du roi, et de Marie Ferrand. Parmi les t\u00e9moins, Jacques Mahieux, fr\u00e8re du futur, ma\u00eetre \u00e0 danser ordinaire de l&#8217;Acad\u00e9mie royale pour la danse, et Marguerite Michelarme, sa femme, Charles Varin, ma\u00eetre \u00e0 danser et l&#8217;un des 24 violons ordinaires du roi, fr\u00e8re de la future. Antoine Mahieux, rue Mazarin, ma\u00eetre \u00e0 danser et pensionnaire du roi pour la m\u00eame profession.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<cite>Minutes de 1677, archives nationales, MC\/ET\/IV\/216, contrat de mariage du 9 octobre 1677<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-18 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/09-cordes-orchestre-24-violons-roi-louis-13-louis-14-source-cmbv.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"634\" height=\"430\" data-id=\"23587\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/09-cordes-orchestre-24-violons-roi-louis-13-louis-14-source-cmbv.jpg\" alt=\"Les cordes de l'orchestre des Vingt-quatre Violons du Roi sous Louis XIII et Louis XIV, source cmbv\" class=\"wp-image-23587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/09-cordes-orchestre-24-violons-roi-louis-13-louis-14-source-cmbv.jpg 634w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/09-cordes-orchestre-24-violons-roi-louis-13-louis-14-source-cmbv-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/09-cordes-orchestre-24-violons-roi-louis-13-louis-14-source-cmbv-100x68.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Les cordes de l&#8217;orchestre des Vingt-quatre Violons du Roi sous Louis XIII et Louis XIV, source cmbv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/10-antoine-trouvai-4eme-chambre-appartements-versailles-1694-collection-particuliere.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"633\" data-id=\"23589\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/10-antoine-trouvai-4eme-chambre-appartements-versailles-1694-collection-particuliere-1024x633.jpg\" alt=\"Antoine Trouvai, Quatri\u00e8me chambre des appartements de Versailles, 1694, collection particuli\u00e8re\" class=\"wp-image-23589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/10-antoine-trouvai-4eme-chambre-appartements-versailles-1694-collection-particuliere-1024x633.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/10-antoine-trouvai-4eme-chambre-appartements-versailles-1694-collection-particuliere-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/10-antoine-trouvai-4eme-chambre-appartements-versailles-1694-collection-particuliere-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/10-antoine-trouvai-4eme-chambre-appartements-versailles-1694-collection-particuliere-1536x950.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/10-antoine-trouvai-4eme-chambre-appartements-versailles-1694-collection-particuliere-1568x970.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/10-antoine-trouvai-4eme-chambre-appartements-versailles-1694-collection-particuliere-100x62.jpg 100w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/10-antoine-trouvai-4eme-chambre-appartements-versailles-1694-collection-particuliere.jpg 1656w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Antoine Trouvai, Quatri\u00e8me chambre des appartements de Versailles, 1694, collection particuli\u00e8re<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Selon l\u2019<em>Almanach de la Cour<\/em>, Antoine Mayeu rempla\u00e7a Nicolas Varin \u00e0 l\u2019Ecole des Pages vers 1689, et ce jusqu\u2019en 1718<a id=\"_ftnref1\" href=\"#_ftn1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><a id=\"_ftn1\" href=\"#_ftnref1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a> William Ritchey Newton, Almanach de la Cour, Seconde Edition, 2020<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-4 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-19 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/11-1-representation-alceste-lully-quinault-versailles-fete-1674-le-pautre-gallica.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" data-id=\"23591\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/11-1-representation-alceste-lully-quinault-versailles-fete-1674-le-pautre-gallica-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"Repr\u00e9sentation d'Alceste de Lully Quinault, Versailles, f\u00eate de 1674, Le Pautre, Gallica\" class=\"wp-image-23591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/11-1-representation-alceste-lully-quinault-versailles-fete-1674-le-pautre-gallica-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/11-1-representation-alceste-lully-quinault-versailles-fete-1674-le-pautre-gallica-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/11-1-representation-alceste-lully-quinault-versailles-fete-1674-le-pautre-gallica-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/11-1-representation-alceste-lully-quinault-versailles-fete-1674-le-pautre-gallica-100x71.jpg 100w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/11-1-representation-alceste-lully-quinault-versailles-fete-1674-le-pautre-gallica.jpg 1434w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Repr\u00e9sentation d&#8217;Alceste de Lully Quinault, Versailles, f\u00eate de 1674, Le Pautre, Gallica<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/11-2-representation-alceste-lully-quinault-versailles-fete-1674-le-pautre-gallica-detail.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"921\" height=\"858\" data-id=\"23593\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/11-2-representation-alceste-lully-quinault-versailles-fete-1674-le-pautre-gallica-detail.jpg\" alt=\"Repr\u00e9sentation d'Alceste de Lully Quinault, Versailles, f\u00eate de 1674, Le Pautre, Gallica, d\u00e9tail\" class=\"wp-image-23593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/11-2-representation-alceste-lully-quinault-versailles-fete-1674-le-pautre-gallica-detail.jpg 921w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/11-2-representation-alceste-lully-quinault-versailles-fete-1674-le-pautre-gallica-detail-300x279.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/11-2-representation-alceste-lully-quinault-versailles-fete-1674-le-pautre-gallica-detail-768x715.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/11-2-representation-alceste-lully-quinault-versailles-fete-1674-le-pautre-gallica-detail-100x93.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 921px) 100vw, 921px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Repr\u00e9sentation d&#8217;Alceste de Lully Quinault, Versailles, f\u00eate de 1674, Le Pautre, Gallica, d\u00e9tail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Les archives concernant Nicolas Varin sont assez nombreuses pour nous permettre d\u2019avoir un aper\u00e7u sur sa vie. Les d\u00e9penses des menus plaisirs et affaires de la Chambre du roi de 1677 nous apprennent notamment que Nicolas Varin \u00e9tait Violon ordinaire du roi et faisait partie des Vingt-quatre Violons, dit aussi \u201cGrande Bande\u201d.<a id=\"_ftnref1\" href=\"#_ftn1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><a id=\"_ftn1\" href=\"#_ftnref1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a> Anatole de Montaiglon, D\u00e9penses des menus plaisirs et affaires de la chambre du roi pendant l\u2019ann\u00e9e 1677, 1857, p.7<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-20 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/12-jean-baptiste-lully.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"340\" height=\"480\" data-id=\"23595\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/12-jean-baptiste-lully.jpg\" alt=\"Jean-Baptiste Lully\" class=\"wp-image-23595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/12-jean-baptiste-lully.jpg 340w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/12-jean-baptiste-lully-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/12-jean-baptiste-lully-71x100.jpg 71w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jean-Baptiste Lully<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/13-joueur-violon-le-roy-nicolas-arnoult-1688.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"679\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"23597\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/13-joueur-violon-le-roy-nicolas-arnoult-1688-679x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Joueur de violon de chez le roy, par Nicolas Arnoult, 1688\" class=\"wp-image-23597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/13-joueur-violon-le-roy-nicolas-arnoult-1688-679x1024.jpg 679w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/13-joueur-violon-le-roy-nicolas-arnoult-1688-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/13-joueur-violon-le-roy-nicolas-arnoult-1688-768x1158.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/13-joueur-violon-le-roy-nicolas-arnoult-1688-66x100.jpg 66w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/13-joueur-violon-le-roy-nicolas-arnoult-1688.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Joueur de violon de chez le roy, par Nicolas Arnoult, 1688<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Cet ensemble musical \u00e9tait le v\u00e9ritable embl\u00e8me de la musique royale, copi\u00e9 dans toute l\u2019Europe, et avait atteint son apog\u00e9e pr\u00e9cis\u00e9ment \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9poque de Nicolas Varin, depuis que Jean-Baptiste Lully le dirigeait et \u00e9tait \u00e0 la t\u00eate de l\u2019Acad\u00e9mie royale de musique (1671). C\u2019\u00e9tait alors le principal organe des manifestations officielles jusqu\u2019\u00e0 sa dissolution en 1761.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cPlus que toute autre phalange musicale de la Cour, les Vingt-quatre Violons ou \u00ab Grande Bande \u00bb incarnaient la magnificence des c\u00e9r\u00e9monies et \u00e9taient li\u00e9s \u00e0 l\u2019\u00ab extraordinaire \u00bb de la vie du Roi.\u201d<\/p>\n<cite><a href=\"https:\/\/cmbv.fr\/fr\/fonds-du-cmbv\/fonds-instrumental\/les-vingt-quatre-violons-du-roi\/les-vingt-quatre-violons-du-roi-l-orchestre-de-versailles-1626-1761\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/cmbv.fr<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Nicolas Varin en fit partie jusqu\u2019en 1686, date \u00e0 laquelle il laissa sa place \u00e0 Jean Aubert<a href=\"#_ftn3\" id=\"_ftnref3\"><sup>[3]<\/sup><\/a>. Les membres de cet orchestre \u00e9taient tous qualifi\u00e9s de \u201cViolons ordinaires de la Chambre du Roi\u201d. L\u2019ensemble \u00e9tait compos\u00e9 de cinq familles de violon, dont trois ont disparu depuis le XVIII\u00e8me si\u00e8cle. Nicolas Varin \u00e9tait l\u2019un des quatre violons ordinaires \u00e0 jouer de la taille de violon<a href=\"#_ftn4\" id=\"_ftnref4\"><sup>[4]<\/sup><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><a href=\"#_ftnref3\" id=\"_ftn3\"><sup>[3]<\/sup><\/a> Laurent Grillet, Les Anc\u00eatres du violon et du violoncelle. Les luthiers et les fabricants d&#8217;archets. Schmid, 1901, p.64<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><a href=\"#_ftnref4\" id=\"_ftn4\"><sup>[4]<\/sup><\/a> Laurent Grillet, Les Anc\u00eatres du violon et du violoncelle. Les luthiers et les fabricants d&#8217;archets. Schmid, 1901, p.64<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nicolas Varin, un musicien privil\u00e9gi\u00e9<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-21 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/14-gabriel-de-st-aubin-lecon-danse-beaux-arts-rouen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"536\" data-id=\"23599\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/14-gabriel-de-st-aubin-lecon-danse-beaux-arts-rouen.jpg\" alt=\"Gabriel de Saint-Aubin, La le\u00e7on de danse, Beaux-Arts de Rouen\" class=\"wp-image-23599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/14-gabriel-de-st-aubin-lecon-danse-beaux-arts-rouen.jpg 800w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/14-gabriel-de-st-aubin-lecon-danse-beaux-arts-rouen-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/14-gabriel-de-st-aubin-lecon-danse-beaux-arts-rouen-768x515.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/14-gabriel-de-st-aubin-lecon-danse-beaux-arts-rouen-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gabriel de Saint-Aubin, La le\u00e7on de danse, Beaux-Arts de Rouen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/15-nicolas-lancret-concert-salon-parisien-crozat-1720-alte-pinakothek.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"23601\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/15-nicolas-lancret-concert-salon-parisien-crozat-1720-alte-pinakothek.jpg\" alt=\"Nicolas Lancret, Le concert dans le salon parisien de Crozat, vers 1720, Alte Pinakothek\" class=\"wp-image-23601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/15-nicolas-lancret-concert-salon-parisien-crozat-1720-alte-pinakothek.jpg 800w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/15-nicolas-lancret-concert-salon-parisien-crozat-1720-alte-pinakothek-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/15-nicolas-lancret-concert-salon-parisien-crozat-1720-alte-pinakothek-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/15-nicolas-lancret-concert-salon-parisien-crozat-1720-alte-pinakothek-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/15-nicolas-lancret-concert-salon-parisien-crozat-1720-alte-pinakothek-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nicolas Lancret, Le concert dans le salon parisien de Crozat, vers 1720, Alte Pinakothek<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/16-ficquet-d-apres-mignard-avignon-comte-harcourt-chevalier-ordres-roy-grand-ecuyer-france-cc1744.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"694\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"23603\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/16-ficquet-d-apres-mignard-avignon-comte-harcourt-chevalier-ordres-roy-grand-ecuyer-france-cc1744-694x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Ficquet d'apr\u00e8s Mignard d'Avignon, Comte d'Harcourt, Chevalier des ordres du Roy, Grand Ecuyer de France, 1744\" class=\"wp-image-23603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/16-ficquet-d-apres-mignard-avignon-comte-harcourt-chevalier-ordres-roy-grand-ecuyer-france-cc1744-694x1024.jpg 694w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/16-ficquet-d-apres-mignard-avignon-comte-harcourt-chevalier-ordres-roy-grand-ecuyer-france-cc1744-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/16-ficquet-d-apres-mignard-avignon-comte-harcourt-chevalier-ordres-roy-grand-ecuyer-france-cc1744-768x1133.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/16-ficquet-d-apres-mignard-avignon-comte-harcourt-chevalier-ordres-roy-grand-ecuyer-france-cc1744-68x100.jpg 68w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/16-ficquet-d-apres-mignard-avignon-comte-harcourt-chevalier-ordres-roy-grand-ecuyer-france-cc1744.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 694px) 100vw, 694px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ficquet d&#8217;apr\u00e8s Mignard d&#8217;Avignon, Comte d&#8217;Harcourt, Chevalier des ordres du Roy, Grand Ecuyer de France, 1744<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>La pochette de Romain Ch\u00e9ron appartenait donc \u00e0 un illustre musicien de la Cour qui, au regard des archives, semble avoir fait partie des plus privil\u00e9gi\u00e9s. Il n\u2019est donc pas \u00e9tonnant qu\u2019il ait command\u00e9 une pochette aussi pr\u00e9cieuse \u00e0 Ch\u00e9ron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>En effet, un certain nombre d\u2019archives nous permettent de comprendre que Nicolas Varin \u00e9tait un musicien ais\u00e9, renomm\u00e9 et int\u00e9gr\u00e9 \u00e0 la haute soci\u00e9t\u00e9 de son temps. Tout d\u2019abord, il faisait partie des rares violons ordinaires du roi \u00e0 avoir \u00e9galement la charge de ma\u00eetre \u00e0 danser. Il a en effet succ\u00e9d\u00e9 \u00e0 Jean Crestot, dit La Haye, en tant que baladin de la Grande Ecurie \u00e0 la mort de ce dernier en 1648, et a pu lui racheter sa charge de 3000 livres. Guillaume Dumanoir, autre violon du roi \u00e0 \u00eatre baladin (pour la Petite \u00c9curie), a lui d\u00e9bours\u00e9 2200 livres pour sa charge<a href=\"#_ftn1\" id=\"_ftnref1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a>. Or, ces montants sont bien sup\u00e9rieures \u00e0 ceux d\u2019une charge de violon ordinaire de la Chambre du Roi et nous pouvons donc supposer que le titre de \u201cbaladin de l\u2019Ecurie\u201d n\u2019\u00e9tait accessible qu\u2019\u00e0 des musiciens ais\u00e9s.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On sait \u00e9galement que Nicolas Varin \u00e9tait un musicien r\u00e9put\u00e9, puisqu\u2019il comptait parmi les rares artistes \u00e0 donner des concerts r\u00e9guli\u00e8rement :&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cLes artistes en renom donnent des auditions chez eux, \u00e0 l\u2019instar de leur a\u00een\u00e9 Pierre Chabanceau de La Barre, l\u2019organiste du roi [&#8230;]. Pr\u00e8s des Petites Ecuries, chaque semaine, Varin bat la mesure dans un concert \u201cd\u2019instruments et de voix ensemble\u201d.<\/p>\n<cite>Yolande de Brossard, La Vie musicale en France d\u2019apr\u00e8s Loret et ses continuateurs : 1650-1688, 1970, cit\u00e9 dans Marcelle Beno\u00eet : Versailles et les musiciens du roi 1661-1733 : \u00e9tude institutionnelle et sociale. Ed. A. &amp; J. Picard, 1971, p.12<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" id=\"_ftn1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a> Catherine Massip, La vie des musiciens de Paris au temps de Mazarin, A. et J. Picard, 1976, p;42<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Cette derni\u00e8re citation laisse sugg\u00e9rer que Nicolas Varin dirigeait aussi des ensembles d\u2019instruments. Battait-il la mesure tel un chef d\u2019orchestre ou marquait-il le rythme \u00e0 l\u2019aide de sa pochette ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ce dernier point sous-entend \u00e9galement que Nicolas Varin faisait pleinement partie de l\u2019\u00e9lite mondaine, comme en t\u00e9moigne l\u2019assembl\u00e9e&nbsp;pr\u00e9sente&nbsp;lors de son mariage :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cLes plus favoris\u00e9s comme Guillaume Dumanoir et Nicolas Varin, re\u00e7oivent respectivement 4000 et 3000 livres de leur \u00e9pouse. Une assembl\u00e9e brillante entoure d\u2019ailleurs Nicolas Varin, violon du roi et ma\u00eetre \u00e0 danser des pages de l&#8217;\u00c9curie, le jour de son mariage : trente-quatre t\u00e9moins tous attach\u00e9s \u00e0 la Maison du Grand Ecuyer, le comte d\u2019Harcourt, lui-m\u00eame pr\u00e9sent, assistent \u00e0 la c\u00e9r\u00e9monie.\u201d<\/p>\n<cite>Catherine Massip, La vie des musiciens de Paris au temps de Mazarin, A. et J. Picard, 1976, pp.92-93<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>A la t\u00eate d\u2019une famille nombreuse, Nicolas Varin fut aid\u00e9 par le roi pour la constitution des dots de ses enfants \u00e0 l\u2019occasion de leur mariage<a href=\"#_ftn1\" id=\"_ftnref1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a>. L\u2019un de ses fils, Charles Varin, devint \u00e9galement l\u2019un des violons de la Chambre du roi<a href=\"#_ftn2\" id=\"_ftnref2\"><sup>[2]<\/sup><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" id=\"_ftn1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a> Marcelle Beno\u00eet : Versailles et les musiciens du roi 1661-1733 : \u00e9tude institutionnelle et sociale. Ed. A. &amp; J. Picard, 1971, p.154<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><a href=\"#_ftnref2\" id=\"_ftn2\"><sup>[2]<\/sup><\/a> Archives nationales, 1686, O\/1\/30<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">L&#8217;\u00c9cole des Pages de la Grande \u00c9curie du roi<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>La mise en commun des diff\u00e9rentes archives sur Nicolas Varin nous permet de d\u00e9finir les bornes chronologiques de ses fonctions en tant que ma\u00eetre \u00e0 danser des Pages de la Grande Ecurie, de 1648 \u00e0 environ 1686 (en effet, il ach\u00e8te sa charge en 1648 et Aubert le remplace comme violon ordinaire en 1686). A ce titre, il enseigna donc pendant environ 40 ans aux pages. Apr\u00e8s lui, son gendre Antoine Mayeu restera \u00e9galement longtemps \u00e0 ces fonctions, pendant pr\u00e8s de 30 ans, environ de 1686 \u00e0 1718<a id=\"_ftnref1\" href=\"#_ftn1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-22 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/17-nicolas-bonnart-page-louis-14-chateau-versailles.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"435\" height=\"650\" data-id=\"23605\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/17-nicolas-bonnart-page-louis-14-chateau-versailles.jpg\" alt=\"Nicolas Bonnart, Page de Louis XIV, Ch\u00e2teau de Versailles\" class=\"wp-image-23605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/17-nicolas-bonnart-page-louis-14-chateau-versailles.jpg 435w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/17-nicolas-bonnart-page-louis-14-chateau-versailles-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/17-nicolas-bonnart-page-louis-14-chateau-versailles-67x100.jpg 67w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nicolas Bonnart, Page de Louis XIV, Ch\u00e2teau de Versailles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>S&#8217;il est une institution par excellence r\u00e9serv\u00e9e \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9lite au XVII\u00e8me si\u00e8cle, c\u2019est bien l&#8217;\u00c9cole des Pages des \u00c9curies du roi. Pour l\u2019int\u00e9grer, le futur page devait fournir la preuve de sa noblesse :&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cCes preuves \u00e9taient une des premi\u00e8res conditions d\u2019admission \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9cole des pages. L\u2019obligation de les produire datait de la minorit\u00e9 de Louis XIV.\u201d<\/p>\n<cite>Gaston de Carn\u00e9, Les Pages des Ecuries du Roi, L\u2019Ecole des Pages, 2023, p.59<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201c[&#8230;] Mais les preuves n\u2019\u00e9taient pas la seule condition d\u2019admission \u00e0 l\u2019Ecole des pages. Il fallait de plus que l\u2019enfant eut la taille de cinq pieds deux pouces, l\u2019\u00e2ge d\u2019environ quinze \u00e0 seize ans, qu\u2019il fut bien fait, qu\u2019il eut une jolie figure, et qu\u2019il f\u00fbt \u201cconnu pour \u00eatre de bonnes moeurs\u201d.<\/p>\n<cite>Gaston de Carn\u00e9, Les Pages des Ecuries du Roi, L\u2019Ecole des Pages, 2023, p.61<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Les pages \u00e9taient au nombre de cinquante et se destinaient au rang d\u2019\u00e9cuyer dans un r\u00e9giment de cavalerie ou d\u2019infanterie, en qualit\u00e9 de sous-lieutenant. Ils avaient la permission d\u2019accompagner le roi dans ses d\u00e9placements en carrosse ou \u00e0 cheval.<br>Leur enseignement comportait bien s\u00fbr des le\u00e7ons d\u2019\u00e9quitation, mais les pages recevaient aussi une instruction g\u00e9n\u00e9rale s\u00e9rieuse et compl\u00e8te. Sous le r\u00e8gne de Louis XIV, l&#8217;\u00c9cole et l\u2019instruction qui y \u00e9tait dispens\u00e9e furent v\u00e9ritablement organis\u00e9es.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cSept ma\u00eetres sp\u00e9ciaux \u00e9taient charg\u00e9s de cette instruction : un ma\u00eetre tireur d\u2019armes ; un ma\u00eetre \u00e0 voltiger ; un ma\u00eetre \u00e0 danser ; un ma\u00eetre des exercices de guerre ou des hautes armes ; un ma\u00eetre de math\u00e9matiques ; un ma\u00eetre \u00e0 \u00e9crire et un ma\u00eetre \u00e0 dessiner. [&#8230;] Chacun de ces professeurs ne venait que deux fois la semaine, et pendant une heure. [&#8230;] Les fonctions du ma\u00eetre \u00e0 danser consistaient \u00e0 apprendre aux pages le menuet et la marche ordinaire [&#8230;] suivant un usage aussi sage qu\u2019il est ancien\u201d.<\/p>\n<cite>Gaston de Carn\u00e9, Les Pages des Ecuries du Roi, L\u2019Ecole des Pages, 2023, pp.80-82<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Le ma\u00eetre \u00e0 danser devait tout particuli\u00e8rement pr\u00e9parer le page \u00e0 assister aux c\u00e9r\u00e9monies officielles et \u00e0 participer aux ballets de la Cour.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-23 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"746\" height=\"522\" data-id=\"23607\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/18-1-jb-le-blond-vues-ecuries-versailles-cc1690-louvre.jpg\" alt=\"Jean-Baptiste Martin, Vue perspective du ch\u00e2teau de Versailles sur la place d'Armes et les \u00e9curies, 1688, Ch\u00e2teau du Trianon\" class=\"wp-image-23607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/18-1-jb-le-blond-vues-ecuries-versailles-cc1690-louvre.jpg 746w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/18-1-jb-le-blond-vues-ecuries-versailles-cc1690-louvre-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/18-1-jb-le-blond-vues-ecuries-versailles-cc1690-louvre-100x70.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 746px) 100vw, 746px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jean-Baptiste Martin, Vue perspective du ch\u00e2teau de Versailles sur la place d&#8217;Armes et les \u00e9curies, 1688, Ch\u00e2teau du Trianon <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"735\" data-id=\"23609\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/18-2-anonyme-deplacement-louis-14.jpg\" alt=\"Anonyme, D\u00e9placement de Louis XIV\" class=\"wp-image-23609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/18-2-anonyme-deplacement-louis-14.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/18-2-anonyme-deplacement-louis-14-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/18-2-anonyme-deplacement-louis-14-768x551.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/18-2-anonyme-deplacement-louis-14-100x72.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Anonyme, D\u00e9placement de Louis XIV<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"758\" height=\"524\" data-id=\"23611\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/19-charles-nicolas-cochin-le-jeune-manege-grande-ecurie-mariage-dauphin-1745.jpg\" alt=\"Charles Nicolas Cochin le Jeune, Le man\u00e8ge de la Grande Ecurie \u00e0 l'occasion du mariage du Dauphin, 1745\" class=\"wp-image-23611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/19-charles-nicolas-cochin-le-jeune-manege-grande-ecurie-mariage-dauphin-1745.jpg 758w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/19-charles-nicolas-cochin-le-jeune-manege-grande-ecurie-mariage-dauphin-1745-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/19-charles-nicolas-cochin-le-jeune-manege-grande-ecurie-mariage-dauphin-1745-100x69.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 758px) 100vw, 758px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Charles Nicolas Cochin le Jeune, Le man\u00e8ge de la Grande Ecurie \u00e0 l&#8217;occasion du mariage du Dauphin, 1745<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Une pochette r\u00e9alis\u00e9e en vue de l&#8217;ach\u00e8vement des nouvelles \u00e9curies en 1682<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-24 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20-jb-martin-perspective-chateau-versailles-place-armes-ecuries-1688-chateau-trianon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" data-id=\"23613\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20-jb-martin-perspective-chateau-versailles-place-armes-ecuries-1688-chateau-trianon.jpg\" alt=\"Jean-Baptiste Le Blond, Vues des \u00e9curies \u00e0 Versailles, vers 1690, Louvre\" class=\"wp-image-23613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20-jb-martin-perspective-chateau-versailles-place-armes-ecuries-1688-chateau-trianon.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20-jb-martin-perspective-chateau-versailles-place-armes-ecuries-1688-chateau-trianon-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20-jb-martin-perspective-chateau-versailles-place-armes-ecuries-1688-chateau-trianon-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20-jb-martin-perspective-chateau-versailles-place-armes-ecuries-1688-chateau-trianon-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jean-Baptiste Le Blond, Vues des \u00e9curies \u00e0 Versailles, vers 1690, Louvre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/21-hyacinthe-rigaud-portrait-jules-hardouin-mansart-1685-louvre-lens.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"740\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"23615\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/21-hyacinthe-rigaud-portrait-jules-hardouin-mansart-1685-louvre-lens-740x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Hyacinthe Rigaud, Portrait de Jules Hardouin-Mansart, 1685, Louvre-Lens\" class=\"wp-image-23615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/21-hyacinthe-rigaud-portrait-jules-hardouin-mansart-1685-louvre-lens-740x1024.jpg 740w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/21-hyacinthe-rigaud-portrait-jules-hardouin-mansart-1685-louvre-lens-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/21-hyacinthe-rigaud-portrait-jules-hardouin-mansart-1685-louvre-lens-768x1063.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/21-hyacinthe-rigaud-portrait-jules-hardouin-mansart-1685-louvre-lens-72x100.jpg 72w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/21-hyacinthe-rigaud-portrait-jules-hardouin-mansart-1685-louvre-lens.jpg 805w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hyacinthe Rigaud, Portrait de Jules Hardouin-Mansart, 1685, Louvre-Lens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Sous Louis XIV, les \u00c9curies royales repr\u00e9sentent l\u2019un des plus importants d\u00e9partements de la Maison du roi. En pr\u00e9vision de l\u2019installation de la Cour et du gouvernement \u00e0 Versailles, un double chantier plac\u00e9 sous la direction de Jules Hardouin-Mansart est alors lanc\u00e9. Ce dernier a pour mission de diriger la construction des Petites et Grandes Ecuries sur la place d\u2019Armes, b\u00e2ties sym\u00e9triquement sur deux terrains trap\u00e9zo\u00efdaux. De taille identique, les petites et grandes \u00e9curies se d\u00e9veloppent chacune autour d\u2019une cour se terminant en demi-lune et ouvrant sur un man\u00e8ge couvert. R\u00e9alis\u00e9es en un temps record de trois ans, elles sont inaugur\u00e9es en 1682.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Il est donc probable que la pochette de Nicolas Varin, r\u00e9alis\u00e9e en 1681, ait \u00e9t\u00e9 command\u00e9e en vue du d\u00e9m\u00e9nagement de l\u2019\u00e9cole dans les nouvelles \u00e9curies du roi \u00e0 Versailles. Rappelons en effet que Nicolas Varin \u00e9tait depuis d\u00e9j\u00e0 de nombreuses ann\u00e9es le ma\u00eetre \u00e0 danser des pages de Louis XIV et qu\u2019il est donc tout \u00e0 fait envisageable qu\u2019il ait souhait\u00e9 c\u00e9l\u00e9brer ce renouveau en faisant l\u2019acquisition d\u2019un nouvel instrument \u00e0 la hauteur de la magnificence des nouvelles \u00e9curies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Une pochette ayant appartenu \u00e0 Jean-Joseph Vidal ?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Pour finir et afin d\u2019occulter aucune piste concernant l\u2019histoire de cette exceptionnelle pochette, nous signalerons que plusieurs historiens consid\u00e8rent qu\u2019elle a appartenu au violoniste et chef d\u2019orchestre Jean-Joseph Vidal (1789-1867). Ce dernier poss\u00e9dait en effet une pochette de Louis XIV \u201ctoute couverte de fleurs de lis d\u2019or\u201d<a href=\"#_ftn1\" id=\"_ftnref1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><a id=\"_ftn1\" href=\"#_ftnref1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a> Castil-Blaze, Moli\u00e8re musicien, Paris, 1852, p.437<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-25 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"23617\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/22-castil-blaze-624x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Castil-Blaze\" class=\"wp-image-23617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/22-castil-blaze-624x1024.jpg 624w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/22-castil-blaze-183x300.jpg 183w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/22-castil-blaze-768x1260.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/22-castil-blaze-936x1536.jpg 936w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/22-castil-blaze-61x100.jpg 61w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/22-castil-blaze.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Castil-Blaze<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"477\" height=\"747\" data-id=\"23619\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/23-dimanche-drouyn-pochette-bateau-etui-armes-grand-dauphin-cc1670-victoria-albert-museum.jpg\" alt=\"Dimanche Drouyn, Pochette bateau avec \u00e9tui aux armes du Grand Dauphin, vers 1670, Victoria &amp; Albert Museum\" class=\"wp-image-23619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/23-dimanche-drouyn-pochette-bateau-etui-armes-grand-dauphin-cc1670-victoria-albert-museum.jpg 477w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/23-dimanche-drouyn-pochette-bateau-etui-armes-grand-dauphin-cc1670-victoria-albert-museum-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/23-dimanche-drouyn-pochette-bateau-etui-armes-grand-dauphin-cc1670-victoria-albert-museum-64x100.jpg 64w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dimanche Drouyn, Pochette bateau avec \u00e9tui aux armes du Grand Dauphin, vers 1670, Victoria &amp; Albert Museum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cDans ce registre, la plus impressionnante de toutes [les pochettes] est certainement celle qui a cr\u00e9\u00e9 l\u2019\u00e9v\u00e9nement lors d\u2019une vente publique \u00e0 Paris, en d\u00e9cembre 1997: sign\u00e9e \u201cRomain Cheron \u00e0 Paris 1681\u201d, elle est enti\u00e8rement en \u00e9caille, \u00e0 l\u2019exception de la table en cypr\u00e8s et de la t\u00eate en vermeil. Le tout est incrust\u00e9 de filigranes d\u2019or et des armes royales sur la touche. Emport\u00e9e par un amateur parisien, cette merveille accompagn\u00e9e de son archet, \u00e9galement en \u00e9caille, est peut-\u00eatre bien celle \u00e0 laquelle Eug\u00e8ne de Bricqueville fait allusion dans son ouvrage <em>Les Pochettes de ma\u00eetres de danse <\/em>(et qui est d\u00e9crite dans le catalogue du Mus\u00e9e de Cluny de Givry\u201d : \u201cLa pochette a figur\u00e9 en haut lieu, si nous en croyons Castil-Blaze: \u2018M. Vidal, ancien chef d\u2019orchestre de notre th\u00e9\u00e2tre italien &#8211; dit l\u2019auteur de Moli\u00e8re italien &#8211; poss\u00e8de la pochette de Louis XIV. Elle est toute couverte de lys d\u2019or\u2019\u201d.<\/p>\n<cite>Claude Lebet, La Pochette du Ma\u00eetre \u00e0 Danser, Rome, Mattioli 1885, 2015, pp.44-49<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Toutefois, la pochette de Romain Ch\u00e9ron n\u2019est pas recouverte de lys d\u2019or et, pour pouvoir consid\u00e9rer que cette description fasse n\u00e9anmoins r\u00e9f\u00e9rence \u00e0 notre pochette, il faudrait partir du principe que l\u2018expression \u201ccouverte de lys d\u2019or\u201d ne fasse pas allusion \u00e0 l\u2019instrument en lui-m\u00eame mais \u00e0 son \u00e9tui. Il existe en effet de nombreux exemples d\u2019\u00e9tuis recouverts de lys d\u2019or, \u00e0 l\u2019instar de la pochette de Drouyn du Victoria &amp; Albert Museum. En revanche, rien ne nous permet d\u2019affirmer que cette pochette \u00e9tait conserv\u00e9e dans l\u2019un d&#8217;entre eux.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Vichy Ench\u00e8res vous donne rendez-vous le samedi 13 avril 2024 pour la vente de ce bijou sans \u00e9gal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"english\">THE POCHETTE OF NICOLAS VARIN, DANCING MASTER TO THE PAGES OF THE GREAT STABLE OF LOUIS XIV<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Vichy Ench\u00e8res invites you to discover a marvel of instrument making, one so rare we hardly dare to touch it\u2026 And yet, this instrument was used for many years by a dancing master in the court of Louis XIV, who undoubtedly was not precious about storing it in his pocket! Let\u2019s take a closer look at this wonderful instrument and travel back to a time when dance was an integral part of the education of the nobility.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-499968f5 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--26\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024-04-13-vcp-vente-125-etude-detaillee-jerome-casanova-pochette-cheron-romain.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">J\u00e9r\u00f4me Casanova&#8217;s detailed study<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--27\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024-04-13-vcp-collection-catalogue-125-bd.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Catalog<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--28\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.interencheres.com\/meubles-objets-art\/instruments-a-vent-et-a-cordes-pincees-livres-de-musique-partitions-autographes-623462\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sale on 12 April 2024<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--29\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.interencheres.com\/meubles-objets-art\/instruments-a-vent-et-a-cordes-pincees-623463\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sale on 13 April 2024<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--30\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/en\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Contact<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--31\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/en\/vichy-encheres-3\/team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Experts<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--32\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"#francais\">Version fran\u00e7aise<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The dancing master in the 17th century<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-33 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"23623\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-2-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Pochette de violon de Romain CHERON sign\u00e9e et dat\u00e9e 1681 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-23623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-2-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-2-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-2-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-2-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-2-1568x2352.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-2-67x100.jpg 67w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-2-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-3-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"23625\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-3-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Pochette de violon de Romain CHERON sign\u00e9e et dat\u00e9e 1681 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-23625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-3-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-3-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-3-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-3-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-3-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-3-1568x2352.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-3-67x100.jpg 67w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-3-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-4-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"23627\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-4-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Pochette de violon de Romain CHERON sign\u00e9e et dat\u00e9e 1681 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-23627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-4-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-4-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-4-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-4-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-4-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-4-1568x2352.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-4-67x100.jpg 67w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-4-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Pochette de violon de Romain CHERON sign\u00e9e et dat\u00e9e 168<br>Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024<br>\u00a9 C. Darbelet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>This dancing master&#8217;s pochette in the shape of a violin was made by Romain Ch\u00e9ron in Paris in 1681, as indicated by its handwritten label in brown ink placed inside the instrument. Pochettes were mainly in use under the Ancien R\u00e9gime by dancing masters \u2013 who were, above all, good violinists \u2013 to give dance and posture lessons. The dancing master, or baladin as it was formerly known, gave lessons in behaviour and taught the graceful movements necessary to take part in the Court ballets. The instrument allowed the dancing master to mark time, and it could be carried easily thanks to its small, \u201cpocket\u201d size, which earned it the name pochette.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cIt is worth noting that, in the Baroque era and until the end of the 18th century, coats had large and deep pockets. The pochette could therefore comfortably nestle there, swung to the rhythm of the steps of the dancing masters ascending the steps of opulent houses where nobles and bourgeoisie waited to receive their lesson in posture and dancing.\u201d<\/p>\n<cite>Claude Lebet, La pochette du ma\u00eetre \u00e0 danser, 2014, p.5<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The dancing master was indeed an indispensable figure in the education of the aristocracy. He was employed by the greatest, giving lessons to kings, queens, princes and the king&#8217;s nobles. Louis XIV had several dancing masters, including Pierre Beauchamps and Jean Regnault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Very few pochettes have survived to this day, and those in the shape of a violin are even rarer. The majority of those still in existence are boat-shaped, like the other very beautiful examples in the Vichy Ench\u00e8res sale on 13 April 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-34 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/01-maitre-danse-ph-canot-18eme.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"835\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"23569\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/01-maitre-danse-ph-canot-18eme-835x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Le ma\u00eetre de danse, Ph. Canot, XVIIIe si\u00e8cle\" class=\"wp-image-23569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/01-maitre-danse-ph-canot-18eme-835x1024.jpg 835w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/01-maitre-danse-ph-canot-18eme-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/01-maitre-danse-ph-canot-18eme-768x942.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/01-maitre-danse-ph-canot-18eme-82x100.jpg 82w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/01-maitre-danse-ph-canot-18eme.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 835px) 100vw, 835px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Le ma\u00eetre de danse, Ph. Canot, XVIIIe si\u00e8cle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201c[I]f we take the trouble to look more closely at the rare pochette violins that have come down to us, we will often find, to our surprise, that we are in the presence, most of the time, of true masterpieces of sculpture and creativity\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<cite>Claude Lebet, La pochette du ma\u00eetre \u00e0 danser, 2014, p.2<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-35 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-7-pochette-19e-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"23666\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-7-pochette-19e-1-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Pochette XIX\u00e8me orn\u00e9e d'une t\u00eate en ivoire d'un travail plus ancien. Travail anonyme. Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-23666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-7-pochette-19e-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-7-pochette-19e-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-7-pochette-19e-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-7-pochette-19e-1-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-7-pochette-19e-1-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-7-pochette-19e-1-1568x2352.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-7-pochette-19e-1-67x100.jpg 67w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-7-pochette-19e-1-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pochette XIX\u00e8me orn\u00e9e d&#8217;une t\u00eate en ivoire d&#8217;un travail plus ancien. Travail anonyme. <br>Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024 <br>\u00a9 C. Darbelet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-8-pochette-18e-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"23690\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-8-pochette-18e-1-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Pochette probablement XVIII\u00e8me. Travail anonyme. Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-23690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-8-pochette-18e-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-8-pochette-18e-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-8-pochette-18e-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-8-pochette-18e-1-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-8-pochette-18e-1-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-8-pochette-18e-1-1568x2352.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-8-pochette-18e-1-67x100.jpg 67w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-8-pochette-18e-1-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pochette probablement XVIII\u00e8me. Travail anonyme.  <br>Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024 <br>\u00a9 C. Darbelet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-9-pochette-20e-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"23714\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-9-pochette-20e-1-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Pochette fran\u00e7aise du d\u00e9but du XX\u00e8me. Travail anonyme. Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-23714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-9-pochette-20e-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-9-pochette-20e-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-9-pochette-20e-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-9-pochette-20e-1-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-9-pochette-20e-1-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-9-pochette-20e-1-1568x2352.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-9-pochette-20e-1-67x100.jpg 67w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-9-pochette-20e-1-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pochette fran\u00e7aise du d\u00e9but du  XX\u00e8me. Travail anonyme. <br>Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024 <br>\u00a9 C. Darbelet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A dancing master pochette made by Romain Ch\u00e9ron<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>This pochette is dated 1681 and was made during the reign of Louis XIV, when the profession of dancing master had just been elevated to the rank of court personnel. Its maker, Romain Ch\u00e9ron, came from a dynasty of instrument makers and string sellers from Rome. His grandfather Antoine Ch\u00e9ron was active from 1599 as a master instrument maker, rue des Arcis, at the famous Singe Vert shop sign. He was most likely the son of Nicolas Ch\u00e9ron or his brother No\u00ebl Ch\u00e9ron, who were also instrument makers in the middle of the 17th century, probably active on rue Dauphine and rue de la Vieille boucherie, in Paris<a id=\"_ftnref1\" href=\"#_ftn1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a>. Official acts, as well as a label present in a guitar, tell us about the existence of another maker, Robert Ch\u00e9ron, sometimes mistaken for Romain Ch\u00e9ron. The guitar in question was made in 1694 and is kept at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. This elaborately ornamented instrument is reminiscent of the work of the Voboams and reminds us that other Parisian makers excelled in this craft, despite our limited knowledge of their production, due to the lack of research in this field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" id=\"_ftn1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a> Constant Pierre, <em>Les facteurs d\u2019instruments de musique<\/em>, Sagot, 1893<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>We should add that the Ch\u00e9ron dynasty also includes a Jean-Baptiste Ch\u00e9ron, active at the end of the 17th century, as well as other makers and music masters in the 18th century. Romain Ch\u00e9ron had a son, Michel Romain, \u201cviol master\u201d, who married in 1711 (his marriage contract indicates that Romain Ch\u00e9ron was still alive at the time). The documentation we have regarding Romain Ch\u00e9ron is very limited. However, interestingly, an extract from the registers of the Conseil d\u2019Etat tells us that he was the first, with Honor\u00e9 Rastoin, to acquire the office of juror of the community of instrument makers, in 1692<a id=\"_ftnref1\" href=\"#_ftn1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a>. He must have therefore been an important maker. Unfortunately, with the exception of this dancing master&#8217;s pochette, we only know of one other instrument signed Romain Ch\u00e9ron. It is a bass viola da gamba from 1694, kept at the Mus\u00e9es royaux d\u2019Art et d\u2019Histoire in Brussels. It has the particular merit of having retained a label which includes the address of Romain Ch\u00e9ron, rue Saint-Antoine in Paris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" id=\"_ftn1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a> Constant Pierre, <em>Les facteurs d\u2019instruments de musique<\/em>, Sagot, 1893<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/2024\/02\/03\/guitares-rene-jean-baptiste-voboam\/#english\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Consult our article about the alpha and the omega of Voboam guitars: from Ren\u00e9 to Jean-Baptiste<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-36 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/02-robert-cheron-guitare-1694-metropolitan-museum-ny-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"23571\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/02-robert-cheron-guitare-1694-metropolitan-museum-ny-480x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Robert Ch\u00e9ron, guitare, 1694, Metropolitan Museum of NY\" class=\"wp-image-23571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/02-robert-cheron-guitare-1694-metropolitan-museum-ny-480x1024.jpg 480w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/02-robert-cheron-guitare-1694-metropolitan-museum-ny-141x300.jpg 141w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/02-robert-cheron-guitare-1694-metropolitan-museum-ny-768x1640.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/02-robert-cheron-guitare-1694-metropolitan-museum-ny-719x1536.jpg 719w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/02-robert-cheron-guitare-1694-metropolitan-museum-ny-959x2048.jpg 959w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/02-robert-cheron-guitare-1694-metropolitan-museum-ny-47x100.jpg 47w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/02-robert-cheron-guitare-1694-metropolitan-museum-ny-scaled.jpg 1199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Robert Ch\u00e9ron, guitare, 1694, Metropolitan Museum of NY<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/03-robert-cheron-guitare-1694-metropolitan-museum-ny-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"593\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"23573\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/03-robert-cheron-guitare-1694-metropolitan-museum-ny-593x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Robert Ch\u00e9ron, guitare, 1694, Metropolitan Museum of NY\" class=\"wp-image-23573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/03-robert-cheron-guitare-1694-metropolitan-museum-ny-593x1024.jpg 593w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/03-robert-cheron-guitare-1694-metropolitan-museum-ny-174x300.jpg 174w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/03-robert-cheron-guitare-1694-metropolitan-museum-ny-768x1326.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/03-robert-cheron-guitare-1694-metropolitan-museum-ny-890x1536.jpg 890w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/03-robert-cheron-guitare-1694-metropolitan-museum-ny-1186x2048.jpg 1186w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/03-robert-cheron-guitare-1694-metropolitan-museum-ny-1568x2707.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/03-robert-cheron-guitare-1694-metropolitan-museum-ny-58x100.jpg 58w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/03-robert-cheron-guitare-1694-metropolitan-museum-ny-scaled.jpg 1483w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Robert Ch\u00e9ron, guitare, 1694, Metropolitan Museum of NY<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/04-1-romain-cheron-basse-viole-gambe-1694-musees-royaux-art-histoire-bruxelles.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"333\" height=\"525\" data-id=\"23575\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/04-1-romain-cheron-basse-viole-gambe-1694-musees-royaux-art-histoire-bruxelles.jpg\" alt=\"Romain Ch\u00e9ron, basse de viole de gambe, 1694, Mus\u00e9es royaux d'Art et d'Histoire de Bruxelles\" class=\"wp-image-23575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/04-1-romain-cheron-basse-viole-gambe-1694-musees-royaux-art-histoire-bruxelles.jpg 333w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/04-1-romain-cheron-basse-viole-gambe-1694-musees-royaux-art-histoire-bruxelles-190x300.jpg 190w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/04-1-romain-cheron-basse-viole-gambe-1694-musees-royaux-art-histoire-bruxelles-63x100.jpg 63w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Romain Ch\u00e9ron, basse de viole de gambe, 1694, Mus\u00e9es royaux d&#8217;Art et d&#8217;Histoire de Bruxelles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A royal pochette with the arms of France<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-5 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-37 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-6-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"23639\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-6-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Pochette de violon de Romain CHERON sign\u00e9e et dat\u00e9e 1681 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-23639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-6-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-6-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-6-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-6-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-6-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-6-1568x2352.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-6-67x100.jpg 67w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-6-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-14-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"23655\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-14-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Pochette de violon de Romain CHERON sign\u00e9e et dat\u00e9e 1681 D\u00e9tails des armes de France Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-23655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-14-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-14-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-14-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-14-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-14-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-14-1568x2352.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-14-67x100.jpg 67w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-14-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-12-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"23651\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-12-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Pochette de violon de Romain CHERON sign\u00e9e et dat\u00e9e 1681 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-23651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-12-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-12-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-12-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-12-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-12-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-12-1568x2352.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-12-67x100.jpg 67w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-12-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-7-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"23641\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-7-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Pochette de violon de Romain CHERON sign\u00e9e et dat\u00e9e 1681 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-23641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-7-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-7-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-7-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-7-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-7-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-7-1568x2352.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-7-67x100.jpg 67w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-7-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/04-2-pochette-romain-cheron-1681-detail-talon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"963\" height=\"930\" data-id=\"23577\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/04-2-pochette-romain-cheron-1681-detail-talon.jpg\" alt=\"Pochette de violon de Romain CHERON sign\u00e9e et dat\u00e9e 1681 D\u00e9coration de t\u00eate de m\u00e9duse et d\u2019am\u00e9rindien sur le talon Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-23577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/04-2-pochette-romain-cheron-1681-detail-talon.jpg 963w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/04-2-pochette-romain-cheron-1681-detail-talon-300x290.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/04-2-pochette-romain-cheron-1681-detail-talon-768x742.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/04-2-pochette-romain-cheron-1681-detail-talon-100x97.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 963px) 100vw, 963px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-5 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-38 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-10-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"23647\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-10-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Pochette de violon de Romain CHERON sign\u00e9e et dat\u00e9e 1681 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-23647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-10-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-10-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-10-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-10-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-10-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-10-1568x2352.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-10-67x100.jpg 67w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-10-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-8-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"23643\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-8-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Pochette de violon de Romain CHERON sign\u00e9e et dat\u00e9e 1681 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-23643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-8-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-8-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-8-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-8-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-8-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-8-1568x2352.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-8-67x100.jpg 67w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-8-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-9-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"23645\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-9-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Pochette de violon de Romain CHERON sign\u00e9e et dat\u00e9e 1681 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-23645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-9-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-9-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-9-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-9-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-9-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-9-1568x2352.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-9-67x100.jpg 67w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-9-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-11-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"23649\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-11-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Pochette de violon de Romain CHERON sign\u00e9e et dat\u00e9e 1681 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-23649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-11-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-11-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-11-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-11-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-11-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-11-1568x2352.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-11-67x100.jpg 67w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-11-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Pochette de violon de Romain CHERON sign\u00e9e et dat\u00e9e 1681<br>Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024<br>\u00a9 C. Darbelet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>This pochette by Romain Ch\u00e9ron is interesting in many respects. Firstly, it is the only pochette in existence that bears the signature of Romain Ch\u00e9ron. It therefore joins the small number of examples known by this maker, and sheds light on the production of the Ch\u00e9ron dynasty, which would have been quite significant at the time. Secondly, it is one of the most refined pochettes we know: all aspects of this instrument point to the exceptional care taken in its manufacturing, whether in the choice of materials and their working, or its elaborate ornamentation. Which takes us to its third point of interest: the presence of the arms of France on the fingerboard of the instrument.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Indeed, this pochette is the only known violin-shape one to feature the arms of France. The only other pochette bearing the arms of France is a boat-shaped one and is kept at the Mus\u00e9e de la Musique de Paris. However, the latter does not include any number (or monogram), unlike our instrument \u2013 which is the fifth aspect that sets it apart. Indeed, the back of pochette by Romain Ch\u00e9ron features the monogram \u201cNV\u201d inlaid with silver and gold thread. Again, we only know of one other pochette with a monogram. It is a German instrument made in 1691, bearing the label of Jacobus Stainer, without coat of arms, and whose back is also inlaid with tortoiseshell (Mus\u00e9e de la Musique, Paris).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-39 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-14-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"23655\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-14-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Pochette de violon de Romain CHERON sign\u00e9e et dat\u00e9e 1681 D\u00e9tails des armes de France Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-23655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-14-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-14-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-14-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-14-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-14-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-14-1568x2352.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-14-67x100.jpg 67w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-14-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">D\u00e9tails des armes de France<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/07-romain-cheron-pochette-1681-chiffres-dos.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"963\" height=\"929\" data-id=\"23583\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/07-romain-cheron-pochette-1681-chiffres-dos.jpg\" alt=\"Pochette de violon de Romain CHERON sign\u00e9e et dat\u00e9e 1681 Chiffres du dos Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-23583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/07-romain-cheron-pochette-1681-chiffres-dos.jpg 963w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/07-romain-cheron-pochette-1681-chiffres-dos-300x289.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/07-romain-cheron-pochette-1681-chiffres-dos-768x741.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/07-romain-cheron-pochette-1681-chiffres-dos-100x96.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 963px) 100vw, 963px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chiffres du dos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/04-2-pochette-romain-cheron-1681-detail-talon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"963\" height=\"930\" data-id=\"23577\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/04-2-pochette-romain-cheron-1681-detail-talon.jpg\" alt=\"Pochette de violon de Romain CHERON sign\u00e9e et dat\u00e9e 1681 D\u00e9coration de t\u00eate de m\u00e9duse et d\u2019am\u00e9rindien sur le talon Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-23577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/04-2-pochette-romain-cheron-1681-detail-talon.jpg 963w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/04-2-pochette-romain-cheron-1681-detail-talon-300x290.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/04-2-pochette-romain-cheron-1681-detail-talon-768x742.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/04-2-pochette-romain-cheron-1681-detail-talon-100x97.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 963px) 100vw, 963px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">D\u00e9coration de t\u00eate de m\u00e9duse et d\u2019am\u00e9rindien sur le talon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Pochette de violon de Romain CHERON sign\u00e9e et dat\u00e9e 1681<br>Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024<br>\u00a9 C. Darbelet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>As the arms of France suggest, the extreme refinement of this pochette by Romain Ch\u00e9ron, decorated with tortoiseshell and inlaid with threads of gold and vermeil in arabesque motifs, is worthy of the function it fulfilled. Indeed, the presence of the arms of France reminds us that the dancing master worked first and foremost for the king and that he was his servant. Therefore, the pochette had to reflect the good taste of Louis XIV, his erudition and his power. Its head features a reference to ancient mythology in the form of Medusa \u2013 whose representation is both expressive and unique, and a true artistic feat. On the heel, a Native American head probably alludes to the explorations in America of Cavelier de La Salle at the time<a id=\"_ftnref1\" href=\"#_ftn1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a>. As an unexpected bonus, we have the accompanying bow, also inlaid with gold and silver, and decorated with the same arabesque motifs that ornament the pochette.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" id=\"_ftn1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a> F\u00eates et divertissements \u00e0 la cour\u201d, cat. exp. ch\u00e2teau de Versailles, 2016-2017, Paris, 2016, p.290<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-40 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"801\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"23579\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/05-pochette-bateau-armes-france-17eme-musee-musique-inv-deci-1732-801x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Pochette bateau aux armes de France, XVIIe si\u00e8cle, Mus\u00e9e de la Musique, Inv. D.E.Cl.1732\" class=\"wp-image-23579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/05-pochette-bateau-armes-france-17eme-musee-musique-inv-deci-1732-801x1024.jpg 801w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/05-pochette-bateau-armes-france-17eme-musee-musique-inv-deci-1732-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/05-pochette-bateau-armes-france-17eme-musee-musique-inv-deci-1732-768x982.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/05-pochette-bateau-armes-france-17eme-musee-musique-inv-deci-1732-1201x1536.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/05-pochette-bateau-armes-france-17eme-musee-musique-inv-deci-1732-1602x2048.jpg 1602w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/05-pochette-bateau-armes-france-17eme-musee-musique-inv-deci-1732-1568x2005.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/05-pochette-bateau-armes-france-17eme-musee-musique-inv-deci-1732-78x100.jpg 78w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/05-pochette-bateau-armes-france-17eme-musee-musique-inv-deci-1732-scaled.jpg 2002w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 801px) 100vw, 801px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pochette bateau aux armes de France, XVIIe si\u00e8cle, Mus\u00e9e de la Musique, Inv. D.E.Cl.1732<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"799\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"23581\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/06-pochette-etiquette-jacobus-stainer-chiffre-cj-1691-musee-musique-inv-e58-799x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Pochette \u00e9tiquet\u00e9e Jacobus Stainer, chiffre CJ, 1691, Mus\u00e9e de la Musique, Paris, Inv. E.58\" class=\"wp-image-23581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/06-pochette-etiquette-jacobus-stainer-chiffre-cj-1691-musee-musique-inv-e58-799x1024.jpg 799w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/06-pochette-etiquette-jacobus-stainer-chiffre-cj-1691-musee-musique-inv-e58-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/06-pochette-etiquette-jacobus-stainer-chiffre-cj-1691-musee-musique-inv-e58-768x984.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/06-pochette-etiquette-jacobus-stainer-chiffre-cj-1691-musee-musique-inv-e58-1199x1536.jpg 1199w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/06-pochette-etiquette-jacobus-stainer-chiffre-cj-1691-musee-musique-inv-e58-1598x2048.jpg 1598w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/06-pochette-etiquette-jacobus-stainer-chiffre-cj-1691-musee-musique-inv-e58-1568x2009.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/06-pochette-etiquette-jacobus-stainer-chiffre-cj-1691-musee-musique-inv-e58-78x100.jpg 78w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/06-pochette-etiquette-jacobus-stainer-chiffre-cj-1691-musee-musique-inv-e58-scaled.jpg 1998w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pochette \u00e9tiquet\u00e9e Jacobus Stainer, chiffre CJ, 1691, Mus\u00e9e de la Musique, Paris, Inv. E.58<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-41 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-17-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-id=\"23786\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-17-edited-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Pochette de violon de Romain CHERON sign\u00e9e et dat\u00e9e 1681 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-23786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-17-edited-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-17-edited-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-17-edited-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-17-edited-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-17-edited-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-17-edited-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-17-edited-1568x1045.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-17-edited-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-15-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-id=\"23784\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-15-edited-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Pochette de violon de Romain CHERON sign\u00e9e et dat\u00e9e 1681 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-23784\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-15-edited-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-15-edited-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-15-edited-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-15-edited-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-15-edited-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-15-edited-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-15-edited-1568x1045.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-15-edited-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-16-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-id=\"23782\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-16-edited-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Pochette de violon de Romain CHERON sign\u00e9e et dat\u00e9e 1681 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-23782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-16-edited-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-16-edited-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-16-edited-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-16-edited-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-16-edited-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-16-edited-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-16-edited-1568x1045.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-04-13-vcp-2382-4-pochette-violon-cheron-romain-16-edited-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Pochette de violon de Romain CHERON sign\u00e9e et dat\u00e9e 1681<br>Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024<br>\u00a9 C. Darbelet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Understanding the \u201cNV\u201d monogram<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-42 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"963\" height=\"929\" data-id=\"23583\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/07-romain-cheron-pochette-1681-chiffres-dos.jpg\" alt=\"Pochette de violon de Romain CHERON sign\u00e9e et dat\u00e9e 1681 Chiffres du dos Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-23583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/07-romain-cheron-pochette-1681-chiffres-dos.jpg 963w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/07-romain-cheron-pochette-1681-chiffres-dos-300x289.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/07-romain-cheron-pochette-1681-chiffres-dos-768x741.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/07-romain-cheron-pochette-1681-chiffres-dos-100x96.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 963px) 100vw, 963px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pochette de violon de Romain CHERON sign\u00e9e et dat\u00e9e 1681 \nChiffres du dos \nInstrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 13 avril 2024   \n\u00a9 C. Darbelet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"463\" height=\"472\" data-id=\"23585\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/08-charles-mavelot-nouveau-livre-chiffres-1680-extrait.jpg\" alt=\"Charles Mavelot, Nouveau livre de chiffres, 1680, extrait\" class=\"wp-image-23585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/08-charles-mavelot-nouveau-livre-chiffres-1680-extrait.jpg 463w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/08-charles-mavelot-nouveau-livre-chiffres-1680-extrait-294x300.jpg 294w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/08-charles-mavelot-nouveau-livre-chiffres-1680-extrait-98x100.jpg 98w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 463px) 100vw, 463px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Charles Mavelot, Nouveau livre de chiffres, 1680, extrait<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>There are several clues as to whom this pochette might have belonged. The first, of course, is the fact that it is a dancing master\u2019s pochette, made undoubtedly for a dancing master. The second is the label indicating the manufacturing place and date of the instrument, i.e. Paris in 1681. It was therefore made under the reign of Louis XIV, and it is safe to assume that the person it was made for was active in the capital, where Romain Ch\u00e9ron made the pochette. This theory is supported by the third clue: the presence of the arms of France on the instrument, indicating that its patron gravitated in the king\u2019s circle and was part of one of the royal houses of the French court. Finally, last but not least, is the number inlaid on the back. As was customary at the time, this designated the owner of the instrument, in other words a dancing master to the Court from the last third of the 17th century. The registers of the time, in particular that of Charles Mavelot regarding the Dauphin in 1680, allow us to decipher, without a doubt, the number on the pochette as \u201cNV\u201d. Luckily, the royal houses of the court of France left behind extensive documentation including \u201cestate inventories\u201d drawn in 1674 and 1683 in particular.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>These inventories provide a list of the members of the houses and the functions they fulfilled. They reveal that there was only one dancing master with a name that matches the monogram \u201cNV\u201d: Nicolas Varin. Furthermore, he appears precisely at the right time, i.e. in the inventories of the King\u2019s Estate of 1674 and 1683 (the pochette dates from 1681). He is mentioned in one of the most important departments of the King\u2019s Estate, the Royal Stables, in the Pages of the Great Stable section.<a id=\"_ftnref1\" href=\"#_ftn1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a><br>The Almanach de la Cour compiled from archives by William Ritchey Newton<a id=\"_ftnref2\" href=\"#_ftn2\"><sup>[2]<\/sup><\/a>, is also very valuable, because it reveals the names of the dancing masters serving the king. The inspection of the various names mentioned confirms our theory, as no other musician have these initials. For instance, the following dancing masters were contemporaries of Nicolas Varin: Charles Charpentier was the dancing master to the pages at the Stables of Queen Marie Th\u00e9r\u00e8se from 1677 to 1682; Fran\u00e7ois Ballon was the dancing master to the pages of the Small Stable around 1689; Guillaume Raynal gave dance lessons to the dauphine of Bavaria between 1680-1690; Jean Favier was the dancing master to the pages of the dauphine of Bavaria at the establishment of her house in 1680 and until 1690.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" id=\"_ftn1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a> Nicolas Besongne, L&#8217;\u00c9tat de la France o\u00f9 l\u2019on voit tous les princes, ducs et pairs (&#8230;), Paris, A. Besongne, 1674, 2 vol. ; vol. 1, p. ().Edit\u00e9 en ligne par C. zum Kolk dans le cadre du projet &#8220;Curia&#8221;, Centre de recherche du ch\u00e2teau de Versailles, 2008 ; (http:\/\/chateauversailles-recherche.fr\/curia\/documents\/roi1674.pdf).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><a href=\"#_ftnref2\" id=\"_ftn2\"><sup>[2]<\/sup><\/a> &nbsp;William Ritchey Newton, Almanach de la Cour, Seconde Edition, 2020<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nicolas Varin, dancing master to the Pages of the Great Stable and Ordinary Violin of the King&#8217;s Chamber<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The inventories of the King\u2019s Estate of 1674 and 1683 tell us several things about Nicolas Varin. In the section of the King\u2019s Estate\u2019s inventory of 1674 regarding the school of the pages of the Great Stable, we can read the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cMaster of Dance, Nicolas Varin, of the twenty-four Violons du Roy\u201d<\/p>\n<cite>Etat de 1674<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The Inventory of 1683 confirms that Nicolas Varin was then still master to the pages of the Stables:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cMaster of Dance, Mr. Varin, &amp; Antoine Mayeu, his surviving son-in-law\u201d<\/p>\n<cite>Etat de 1683<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the first name of Nicolas Varin being omitted, we can be certain that it was indeed him: the national archives keep several documents that indicate that Nicolas Varin was the father-in-law of Antoine Mayeu (sometimes spelled Mahieux or Mayeux), himself a dancing master.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cMarriage contract between Antoine Mahieux, native of Laon and Elisabeth Varin, daughter of Nicolas Varin, dancing master to the pages of the king&#8217;s great stable, and Marie Ferrand. Among the witnesses, Jacques Mahieux, brother of the groom, ordinary dancing master of the Royal Academy of Dance, and Marguerite Michelarme, his wife, Charles Varin, dancing master and one of the 24 ordinary violins of the king, brother of the bride. Antoine Mahieux, rue Mazarin, dancing master and pensioner of the king for the same profession.\u201d<\/p>\n<cite>Minutes de 1677, archives nationales, MC\/ET\/IV\/216, contrat de mariage du 9 octobre 1677<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-43 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/09-cordes-orchestre-24-violons-roi-louis-13-louis-14-source-cmbv.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"634\" height=\"430\" data-id=\"23587\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/09-cordes-orchestre-24-violons-roi-louis-13-louis-14-source-cmbv.jpg\" alt=\"Les cordes de l'orchestre des Vingt-quatre Violons du Roi sous Louis XIII et Louis XIV, source cmbv\" class=\"wp-image-23587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/09-cordes-orchestre-24-violons-roi-louis-13-louis-14-source-cmbv.jpg 634w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/09-cordes-orchestre-24-violons-roi-louis-13-louis-14-source-cmbv-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/09-cordes-orchestre-24-violons-roi-louis-13-louis-14-source-cmbv-100x68.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The strings of the orchestra of the Twenty-four Violins of the King under Louis XIII and Louis XIV, source cmbv <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/10-antoine-trouvai-4eme-chambre-appartements-versailles-1694-collection-particuliere.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"633\" data-id=\"23589\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/10-antoine-trouvai-4eme-chambre-appartements-versailles-1694-collection-particuliere-1024x633.jpg\" alt=\"Antoine Trouvai, Quatri\u00e8me chambre des appartements de Versailles, 1694, collection particuli\u00e8re\" class=\"wp-image-23589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/10-antoine-trouvai-4eme-chambre-appartements-versailles-1694-collection-particuliere-1024x633.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/10-antoine-trouvai-4eme-chambre-appartements-versailles-1694-collection-particuliere-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/10-antoine-trouvai-4eme-chambre-appartements-versailles-1694-collection-particuliere-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/10-antoine-trouvai-4eme-chambre-appartements-versailles-1694-collection-particuliere-1536x950.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/10-antoine-trouvai-4eme-chambre-appartements-versailles-1694-collection-particuliere-1568x970.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/10-antoine-trouvai-4eme-chambre-appartements-versailles-1694-collection-particuliere-100x62.jpg 100w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/10-antoine-trouvai-4eme-chambre-appartements-versailles-1694-collection-particuliere.jpg 1656w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Antoine Trouvai, Quatri\u00e8me chambre des appartements de Versailles, 1694, collection particuli\u00e8re<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Almanach de la Cour, Antoine Mayeu replaced Nicolas Varin at the School of the Pages around 1689, and remained there until 1718<a id=\"_ftnref1\" href=\"#_ftn1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><a id=\"_ftn1\" href=\"#_ftnref1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a> William Ritchey Newton, Almanach de la Cour, Seconde Edition, 2020<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-4 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-44 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/11-1-representation-alceste-lully-quinault-versailles-fete-1674-le-pautre-gallica.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" data-id=\"23591\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/11-1-representation-alceste-lully-quinault-versailles-fete-1674-le-pautre-gallica-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"Repr\u00e9sentation d'Alceste de Lully Quinault, Versailles, f\u00eate de 1674, Le Pautre, Gallica\" class=\"wp-image-23591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/11-1-representation-alceste-lully-quinault-versailles-fete-1674-le-pautre-gallica-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/11-1-representation-alceste-lully-quinault-versailles-fete-1674-le-pautre-gallica-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/11-1-representation-alceste-lully-quinault-versailles-fete-1674-le-pautre-gallica-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/11-1-representation-alceste-lully-quinault-versailles-fete-1674-le-pautre-gallica-100x71.jpg 100w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/11-1-representation-alceste-lully-quinault-versailles-fete-1674-le-pautre-gallica.jpg 1434w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Repr\u00e9sentation d&#8217;Alceste de Lully Quinault, Versailles, f\u00eate de 1674, Le Pautre, Gallica<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/11-2-representation-alceste-lully-quinault-versailles-fete-1674-le-pautre-gallica-detail.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"921\" height=\"858\" data-id=\"23593\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/11-2-representation-alceste-lully-quinault-versailles-fete-1674-le-pautre-gallica-detail.jpg\" alt=\"Repr\u00e9sentation d'Alceste de Lully Quinault, Versailles, f\u00eate de 1674, Le Pautre, Gallica, d\u00e9tail\" class=\"wp-image-23593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/11-2-representation-alceste-lully-quinault-versailles-fete-1674-le-pautre-gallica-detail.jpg 921w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/11-2-representation-alceste-lully-quinault-versailles-fete-1674-le-pautre-gallica-detail-300x279.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/11-2-representation-alceste-lully-quinault-versailles-fete-1674-le-pautre-gallica-detail-768x715.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/11-2-representation-alceste-lully-quinault-versailles-fete-1674-le-pautre-gallica-detail-100x93.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 921px) 100vw, 921px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Repr\u00e9sentation d&#8217;Alceste de Lully Quinault, Versailles, f\u00eate de 1674, Le Pautre, Gallica, d\u00e9tail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The archives referring to Nicolas Varin are sufficiently abundant as to give us a good overview of his life. The expenses relating to the minor pleasures and affairs of the King&#8217;s Chamber of 1677 tell us in particular that Nicolas Varin was ordinary violinist of the king and was part of the Twenty-four Violins, also known as the \u201cGrande Bande\u201d.<a id=\"_ftnref1\" href=\"#_ftn1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><a id=\"_ftn1\" href=\"#_ftnref1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a> Anatole de Montaiglon, D\u00e9penses des menus plaisirs et affaires de la chambre du roi pendant l\u2019ann\u00e9e 1677, 1857, p.7<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-45 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/12-jean-baptiste-lully.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"340\" height=\"480\" data-id=\"23595\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/12-jean-baptiste-lully.jpg\" alt=\"Jean-Baptiste Lully\" class=\"wp-image-23595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/12-jean-baptiste-lully.jpg 340w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/12-jean-baptiste-lully-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/12-jean-baptiste-lully-71x100.jpg 71w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jean-Baptiste Lully<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/13-joueur-violon-le-roy-nicolas-arnoult-1688.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"679\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"23597\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/13-joueur-violon-le-roy-nicolas-arnoult-1688-679x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Joueur de violon de chez le roy, par Nicolas Arnoult, 1688\" class=\"wp-image-23597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/13-joueur-violon-le-roy-nicolas-arnoult-1688-679x1024.jpg 679w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/13-joueur-violon-le-roy-nicolas-arnoult-1688-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/13-joueur-violon-le-roy-nicolas-arnoult-1688-768x1158.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/13-joueur-violon-le-roy-nicolas-arnoult-1688-66x100.jpg 66w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/13-joueur-violon-le-roy-nicolas-arnoult-1688.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Joueur de violon de chez le roy, par Nicolas Arnoult, 1688<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>This musical ensemble was a true symbol of royal music, copied throughout Europe, and reached its peak precisely during the time of Nicolas Varin, in conjunction with Jean-Baptiste Lully becoming its director and the head of the Royal Academy of Music (1671). It was then the main musical ensemble of official events, until its dissolution in 1761.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cMore than any other musical ensemble of the Court, the Twenty-four Violins or \u201cGrande Bande\u201d embodied the magnificence of the ceremonies and were an integral part of the \u201cextraordinary\u201d aspects of the King\u2019s life.\u201d<\/p>\n<cite><a href=\"https:\/\/cmbv.fr\/fr\/fonds-du-cmbv\/fonds-instrumental\/les-vingt-quatre-violons-du-roi\/les-vingt-quatre-violons-du-roi-l-orchestre-de-versailles-1626-1761\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/cmbv.fr<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Nicolas Varin was part of it until 1686, when he left his post and was replaced by Jean Aubert<a id=\"_ftnref3\" href=\"#_ftn3\"><sup>[3]<\/sup><\/a>. The members of this orchestra were all described as \u201cOrdinary Violins of the King\u2019s Chamber\u201d. The ensemble was made up of five violin-family instruments, three of which have disappeared since the 18th century. Nicolas Varin was one of four ordinary violins playing a violin size instrument<a id=\"_ftnref4\" href=\"#_ftn4\"><sup>[4]<\/sup><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><a href=\"#_ftnref3\" id=\"_ftn3\"><sup>[3]<\/sup><\/a> Laurent Grillet, Les Anc\u00eatres du violon et du violoncelle. Les luthiers et les fabricants d&#8217;archets. Schmid, 1901, p.64<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><a href=\"#_ftnref4\" id=\"_ftn4\"><sup>[4]<\/sup><\/a> Laurent Grillet, Les Anc\u00eatres du violon et du violoncelle. Les luthiers et les fabricants d&#8217;archets. Schmid, 1901, p.64<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nicolas Varin, a privileged musician<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-46 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/14-gabriel-de-st-aubin-lecon-danse-beaux-arts-rouen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"536\" data-id=\"23599\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/14-gabriel-de-st-aubin-lecon-danse-beaux-arts-rouen.jpg\" alt=\"Gabriel de Saint-Aubin, La le\u00e7on de danse, Beaux-Arts de Rouen\" class=\"wp-image-23599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/14-gabriel-de-st-aubin-lecon-danse-beaux-arts-rouen.jpg 800w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/14-gabriel-de-st-aubin-lecon-danse-beaux-arts-rouen-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/14-gabriel-de-st-aubin-lecon-danse-beaux-arts-rouen-768x515.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/14-gabriel-de-st-aubin-lecon-danse-beaux-arts-rouen-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gabriel de Saint-Aubin, La le\u00e7on de danse, Beaux-Arts de Rouen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/15-nicolas-lancret-concert-salon-parisien-crozat-1720-alte-pinakothek.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"23601\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/15-nicolas-lancret-concert-salon-parisien-crozat-1720-alte-pinakothek.jpg\" alt=\"Nicolas Lancret, Le concert dans le salon parisien de Crozat, vers 1720, Alte Pinakothek\" class=\"wp-image-23601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/15-nicolas-lancret-concert-salon-parisien-crozat-1720-alte-pinakothek.jpg 800w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/15-nicolas-lancret-concert-salon-parisien-crozat-1720-alte-pinakothek-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/15-nicolas-lancret-concert-salon-parisien-crozat-1720-alte-pinakothek-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/15-nicolas-lancret-concert-salon-parisien-crozat-1720-alte-pinakothek-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/15-nicolas-lancret-concert-salon-parisien-crozat-1720-alte-pinakothek-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nicolas Lancret, Le concert dans le salon parisien de Crozat, vers 1720, Alte Pinakothek<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/16-ficquet-d-apres-mignard-avignon-comte-harcourt-chevalier-ordres-roy-grand-ecuyer-france-cc1744.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"694\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"23603\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/16-ficquet-d-apres-mignard-avignon-comte-harcourt-chevalier-ordres-roy-grand-ecuyer-france-cc1744-694x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Ficquet d'apr\u00e8s Mignard d'Avignon, Comte d'Harcourt, Chevalier des ordres du Roy, Grand Ecuyer de France, 1744\" class=\"wp-image-23603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/16-ficquet-d-apres-mignard-avignon-comte-harcourt-chevalier-ordres-roy-grand-ecuyer-france-cc1744-694x1024.jpg 694w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/16-ficquet-d-apres-mignard-avignon-comte-harcourt-chevalier-ordres-roy-grand-ecuyer-france-cc1744-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/16-ficquet-d-apres-mignard-avignon-comte-harcourt-chevalier-ordres-roy-grand-ecuyer-france-cc1744-768x1133.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/16-ficquet-d-apres-mignard-avignon-comte-harcourt-chevalier-ordres-roy-grand-ecuyer-france-cc1744-68x100.jpg 68w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/16-ficquet-d-apres-mignard-avignon-comte-harcourt-chevalier-ordres-roy-grand-ecuyer-france-cc1744.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 694px) 100vw, 694px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ficquet d&#8217;apr\u00e8s Mignard d&#8217;Avignon, Comte d&#8217;Harcourt, Chevalier des ordres du Roy, Grand Ecuyer de France, 1744<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The pochette by Romain Ch\u00e9ron therefore belonged to an illustrious Court musician who, based on extant historical document, seems to have been one of the most privileged. It is therefore not surprising that he ordered such a precious pochette from Ch\u00e9ron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indeed, a number of documents point to the fact that Nicolas Varin was a wealthy musician, renowned and integrated into the high society of his time. Firstly, he was one of the few ordinary violins of the king who also had the title of dancing master. In fact, he succeeded Jean Crestot, known as La Haye, as baladin of the Great Stable upon the latter&#8217;s death in 1648, and was able to buy back his position for 3,000 livres. Guillaume Dumanoir, another violin of the king to become a baladin (for the Small Stable), paid 2,200 livres for his title<a id=\"_ftnref1\" href=\"#_ftn1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a>. These charges were much higher than for that of an ordinary violin in the King&#8217;s Chamber, and we can therefore assume that the title of \u201cbaladin de l&#8217;Ecurie\u201d was only affordable for wealthy musicians.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We also know that Nicolas Varin was a renowned musician, since he was one of only a few artists to give concerts regularly:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cRenowned artists give recitals at home, like their elder Pierre Chabanceau de La Barre, the king\u2019s organist [\u2026]. Near the Small Stables, every week, Varin keeps the beat at a concert \u201ccombining instruments and voices\u201d.<\/p>\n<cite>Yolande de Brossard, La Vie musicale en France d\u2019apr\u00e8s Loret et ses continuateurs : 1650-1688, 1970, cit\u00e9 dans Marcelle Beno\u00eet : Versailles et les musiciens du roi 1661-1733 : \u00e9tude institutionnelle et sociale. Ed. A. &amp; J. Picard, 1971, p.12<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" id=\"_ftn1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a> Catherine Massip, La vie des musiciens de Paris au temps de Mazarin, A. et J. Picard, 1976, p;42<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>This last quote suggests that Nicolas Varin also conducted instrumental ensembles. Was he marking time like an orchestra conductor or was he beating the rhythm using his pochette?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It also implies that Nicolas Varin was fully part of the social elite, as evidenced by the attendees at his wedding:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThe most privileged, like Guillaume Dumanoir and Nicolas Varin, received respectively 4,000 and 3,000 livres from their wives. A distinguished set of guests attended the wedding of Nicolas Varin, violin to the king and dancing master to the pages of the Stable: 34 witnesses, all attached to the Maison du Grand Ecuyer, the Count of Harcourt, who was present, attended the ceremony.\u201d<\/p>\n<cite>Catherine Massip, La vie des musiciens de Paris au temps de Mazarin, A. et J. Picard, 1976, pp.92-93<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Nicolas Varin was the head of a large family, and the king helped him constitute the dowries of his children on the occasion of their marriage<a id=\"_ftnref1\" href=\"#_ftn1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a>. One of his sons, Charles Varin, also became one of the violins of the King&#8217;s Chamber<a id=\"_ftnref2\" href=\"#_ftn2\"><sup>[2]<\/sup><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" id=\"_ftn1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a> Marcelle Beno\u00eet : Versailles et les musiciens du roi 1661-1733 : \u00e9tude institutionnelle et sociale. Ed. A. &amp; J. Picard, 1971, p.154<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><a href=\"#_ftnref2\" id=\"_ftn2\"><sup>[2]<\/sup><\/a> Archives nationales, 1686, O\/1\/30<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The School of the Pages of the King\u2019s Great Stable<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The examination of the various historical documents we have on Nicolas Varin allows us to determine that his function as dancing master to the Pages of the Great Stable spanned from 1648 to around 1686 (he bought his title in 1648, and Aubert replaced him as ordinary violin in 1686). In this capacity, he taught pages for almost 40 years. After him, his son-in-law Antoine Mayeu also remained in his position for a long time, almost 30 years, approximately from 1686 to 1718<a id=\"_ftnref1\" href=\"#_ftn1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-47 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/17-nicolas-bonnart-page-louis-14-chateau-versailles.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"435\" height=\"650\" data-id=\"23605\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/17-nicolas-bonnart-page-louis-14-chateau-versailles.jpg\" alt=\"Nicolas Bonnart, Page de Louis XIV, Ch\u00e2teau de Versailles\" class=\"wp-image-23605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/17-nicolas-bonnart-page-louis-14-chateau-versailles.jpg 435w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/17-nicolas-bonnart-page-louis-14-chateau-versailles-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/17-nicolas-bonnart-page-louis-14-chateau-versailles-67x100.jpg 67w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nicolas Bonnart, Page de Louis XIV, Ch\u00e2teau de Versailles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>If there was an institution, par excellence, reserved for the elite in the 17th century, it was certainly the School of the Pages of the King\u2019s Stables. To join, the future page had to provide proof of his nobility:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThis proof was one of the first conditions for admission to the page school. The obligation to produce it arose at the time when Louis XIV was still a minor.\u201d<\/p>\n<cite>Gaston de Carn\u00e9, Les Pages des Ecuries du Roi, L\u2019Ecole des Pages, 2023, p.59<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201c[\u2026] But proof was not the only condition for admission to the School of Pages. It was also necessary that the child be five feet two inches tall, approximately 15 to 16 years old, that he be well built, had a pretty face, and that he be \u201cknown to be of good morals\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n<cite>Gaston de Carn\u00e9, Les Pages des Ecuries du Roi, L\u2019Ecole des Pages, 2023, p.61<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>There were 50 pages in total, and they were destined for the rank of squire in a cavalry or infantry regiment, as a second lieutenant. They had permission to accompany the king on his travels by carriage or on horseback. Their teaching included riding lessons of course, but the pages also received a thorough general education of a high standard. It was under the reign of Louis XIV that the school and the instruction provided there were truly organized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cSeven special masters were responsible for this instruction: a master in shooting weapons; a master of acrobatics; a dancing master; a master of war drills or high arms; a master of mathematics; a master of writing and a master of drawing. [\u2026] Each of these masters only came twice a week, and for one hour. [\u2026] The functions of the dancing master consisted of teaching the pages the minuet and the ordinary march [\u2026] following a usage as wise as it is ancient.\u201d<\/p>\n<cite>Gaston de Carn\u00e9, Les Pages des Ecuries du Roi, L\u2019Ecole des Pages, 2023, pp.80-82<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>In particular, the dancing master had to prepare the page to attend official ceremonies and participate in Court ballets.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-48 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"746\" height=\"522\" data-id=\"23607\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/18-1-jb-le-blond-vues-ecuries-versailles-cc1690-louvre.jpg\" alt=\"Jean-Baptiste Martin, Vue perspective du ch\u00e2teau de Versailles sur la place d'Armes et les \u00e9curies, 1688, Ch\u00e2teau du Trianon\" class=\"wp-image-23607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/18-1-jb-le-blond-vues-ecuries-versailles-cc1690-louvre.jpg 746w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/18-1-jb-le-blond-vues-ecuries-versailles-cc1690-louvre-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/18-1-jb-le-blond-vues-ecuries-versailles-cc1690-louvre-100x70.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 746px) 100vw, 746px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jean-Baptiste Martin, Vue perspective du ch\u00e2teau de Versailles sur la place d&#8217;Armes et les \u00e9curies, 1688, Ch\u00e2teau du Trianon <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"735\" data-id=\"23609\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/18-2-anonyme-deplacement-louis-14.jpg\" alt=\"Anonyme, D\u00e9placement de Louis XIV\" class=\"wp-image-23609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/18-2-anonyme-deplacement-louis-14.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/18-2-anonyme-deplacement-louis-14-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/18-2-anonyme-deplacement-louis-14-768x551.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/18-2-anonyme-deplacement-louis-14-100x72.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Anonyme, D\u00e9placement de Louis XIV<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"758\" height=\"524\" data-id=\"23611\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/19-charles-nicolas-cochin-le-jeune-manege-grande-ecurie-mariage-dauphin-1745.jpg\" alt=\"Charles Nicolas Cochin le Jeune, Le man\u00e8ge de la Grande Ecurie \u00e0 l'occasion du mariage du Dauphin, 1745\" class=\"wp-image-23611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/19-charles-nicolas-cochin-le-jeune-manege-grande-ecurie-mariage-dauphin-1745.jpg 758w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/19-charles-nicolas-cochin-le-jeune-manege-grande-ecurie-mariage-dauphin-1745-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/19-charles-nicolas-cochin-le-jeune-manege-grande-ecurie-mariage-dauphin-1745-100x69.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 758px) 100vw, 758px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Charles Nicolas Cochin le Jeune, Le man\u00e8ge de la Grande Ecurie \u00e0 l&#8217;occasion du mariage du Dauphin, 1745<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A pochette made for the completion of the new stables in 1682<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-49 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20-jb-martin-perspective-chateau-versailles-place-armes-ecuries-1688-chateau-trianon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" data-id=\"23613\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20-jb-martin-perspective-chateau-versailles-place-armes-ecuries-1688-chateau-trianon.jpg\" alt=\"Jean-Baptiste Le Blond, Vues des \u00e9curies \u00e0 Versailles, vers 1690, Louvre\" class=\"wp-image-23613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20-jb-martin-perspective-chateau-versailles-place-armes-ecuries-1688-chateau-trianon.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20-jb-martin-perspective-chateau-versailles-place-armes-ecuries-1688-chateau-trianon-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20-jb-martin-perspective-chateau-versailles-place-armes-ecuries-1688-chateau-trianon-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20-jb-martin-perspective-chateau-versailles-place-armes-ecuries-1688-chateau-trianon-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jean-Baptiste Le Blond, Vues des \u00e9curies \u00e0 Versailles, vers 1690, Louvre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/21-hyacinthe-rigaud-portrait-jules-hardouin-mansart-1685-louvre-lens.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"740\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"23615\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/21-hyacinthe-rigaud-portrait-jules-hardouin-mansart-1685-louvre-lens-740x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Hyacinthe Rigaud, Portrait de Jules Hardouin-Mansart, 1685, Louvre-Lens\" class=\"wp-image-23615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/21-hyacinthe-rigaud-portrait-jules-hardouin-mansart-1685-louvre-lens-740x1024.jpg 740w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/21-hyacinthe-rigaud-portrait-jules-hardouin-mansart-1685-louvre-lens-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/21-hyacinthe-rigaud-portrait-jules-hardouin-mansart-1685-louvre-lens-768x1063.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/21-hyacinthe-rigaud-portrait-jules-hardouin-mansart-1685-louvre-lens-72x100.jpg 72w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/21-hyacinthe-rigaud-portrait-jules-hardouin-mansart-1685-louvre-lens.jpg 805w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hyacinthe Rigaud, Portrait de Jules Hardouin-Mansart, 1685, Louvre-Lens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Under Louis XIV, the Royal Stables were one of the most important departments of the King&#8217;s Estate. In preparation for the relocation of the Court and the government to Versailles, a double project under the helm of Jules Hardouin-Mansart was then launched. His mission was to supervise the construction of the Small and Great Stables on the Place d&#8217;Armes, built symmetrically on two trapezoidal plots of land. Identical in size, the small and large stables were developed around a courtyard ending in a half-moon and opening onto a covered riding arena. The project was completed in record time, three years, and the stables were inaugurated in 1682.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>It is therefore likely that Nicolas Varin&#8217;s pochette, made in 1681, was commissioned in conjunction with the school&#8217;s move to the king&#8217;s new stables in Versailles. Nicolas Varin had already been the dancing master to the pages of Louis XIV for many years, and so it is most likely he wanted to mark this new chapter by acquiring a new instrument to match the magnificence of the new stables.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A pochette that belonged to Jean-Joseph Vidal?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Finally, and in order to be as comprehensive as possible regarding the history of this exceptional pochette, we should point out that several historians believe that it belonged to the violinist and conductor Jean-Joseph Vidal (1789-1867). Indeed, he owned a Louis XIV pochette \u201ccovered with gold fleurs-de-lis\u201d<a id=\"_ftnref1\" href=\"#_ftn1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><a id=\"_ftn1\" href=\"#_ftnref1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a> Castil-Blaze, Moli\u00e8re musicien, Paris, 1852, p.437<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-50 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"23617\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/22-castil-blaze-624x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Castil-Blaze\" class=\"wp-image-23617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/22-castil-blaze-624x1024.jpg 624w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/22-castil-blaze-183x300.jpg 183w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/22-castil-blaze-768x1260.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/22-castil-blaze-936x1536.jpg 936w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/22-castil-blaze-61x100.jpg 61w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/22-castil-blaze.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Castil-Blaze<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"477\" height=\"747\" data-id=\"23619\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/23-dimanche-drouyn-pochette-bateau-etui-armes-grand-dauphin-cc1670-victoria-albert-museum.jpg\" alt=\"Dimanche Drouyn, Pochette bateau avec \u00e9tui aux armes du Grand Dauphin, vers 1670, Victoria &amp; Albert Museum\" class=\"wp-image-23619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/23-dimanche-drouyn-pochette-bateau-etui-armes-grand-dauphin-cc1670-victoria-albert-museum.jpg 477w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/23-dimanche-drouyn-pochette-bateau-etui-armes-grand-dauphin-cc1670-victoria-albert-museum-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/23-dimanche-drouyn-pochette-bateau-etui-armes-grand-dauphin-cc1670-victoria-albert-museum-64x100.jpg 64w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dimanche Drouyn, Pochette bateau avec \u00e9tui aux armes du Grand Dauphin, vers 1670, Victoria &amp; Albert Museum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cIn this regard, the most impressive of all [the pochettes] is certainly the one that was the centre of attraction at a public sale in Paris in December 1997: signed Romain Cheron \u00e0 Paris 1681, it is entirely in tortoiseshell, with the exception of its cypress front and silver-gilt head. It is inlaid throughout with gold filigree and features the royal arms on the fingerboard. This marvel, which sold to a Parisian amateur, was accompanied by its bow, also in tortoiseshell, and is perhaps the one to which Eug\u00e8ne de Bricqueville alludes in his work Les Pochettes de ma\u00eetres de danse (and which is described in the catalogue of the Museum of Cluny of Givry as follows: \u201cThe pochette appeared in high circles, if we are to believe Castil-Blaze, the author of Italian Moli\u00e8re; according to him: &#8216;M. Vidal, former conductor of our Italian theatre, owns the pochette of Louis XIV. It is covered entirely with golden lilies\u2019).\u201d<\/p>\n<cite>Claude Lebet, La Pochette du Ma\u00eetre \u00e0 Danser, Rome, Mattioli 1885, 2015, pp.44-49<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Alas, the pochette by Romain Ch\u00e9ron is not covered with gold lilies and, for the description above to refer to our pochette, we would have to assume that the mention \u201ccovered with gold lilies\u201d refers to the instrument\u2019s case, rather than the instrument itself. There are indeed various examples of cases covered with gold lilies, like the one by Drouyn in the Victoria &amp; Albert Museum. However, we do not have any evidence that this pochette was kept in such case.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Vichy Ench\u00e8res invites you on Saturday 13 April 2024 for the sale of this unique work of art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\ude80 <strong>Suivez-nous !<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-social-links aligncenter is-layout-flex wp-block-social-links-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-facebook  wp-block-social-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/vichyencheres\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor\"><svg 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