"Castles disappeared from the Dawn" - exhibition

Name: "Castles disappeared from the Dawn" - exhibition
Start: 2022-09-17T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Musée de la Renaissance en Champagne & Musée de la Maille - Mode et Industrie (Hôtel Vauluisant)

Last days for a historical dive in the heart of the Dawn of the 17th and 18th centuries

17 and 18 September 2022Passed

Conditions

Free entry

Musées de Troyes

Lovers of castles or local history? This educational exhibition shows the rich interiors of three large castles in the now extinct Aubois territory, revealing the lifestyle of the residents, great lords and noble ladies.
In the background of the exhibition: the impressive view of the gardens of Pont-sur-Seine. It is in this country setting that the documents that allow us to imagine the vanished splendours of these large houses are staged: remarkable façades, gardens animated with fountains, interior decorations, etc. This ensemble is magnified by a selection of paintings from the Museum of Fine Arts that decorated these imposing buildings.
The research undertaken to design this exhibition has led the curator to new discoveries. A very beautiful set of images from the collections of the National Library of France made it possible to understand the original location of the works preserved in the museum and made at the time to decorate the castles. In addition, the exhibition benefits from loans from the Archives départementales de l'Aube as well as a private collector.
A game for the whole family… Young and old alike are invited to play architects-decorators by placing the paintings presented in the exhibition in the right place of the model of the Chapelle-Godefroy castle. Coloring is available for children.

About the location

Musée de la Renaissance en Champagne & Musée de la Maille - Mode et Industrie (Hôtel Vauluisant)

4 rue de Vauluisant, 10000 Troyes

Aube
Grand Est

Located facing portal(gate) of the church Saint-Pantaléon, the Hotel of Vauluisant is one of the rare stone buildings of the city of Troy. He(It) presents a rich facade typical of architecture Renaissance, with his(its) decoration(set) of front walls(pediments), cartouches(cartridges), cherubs, garlands. Two turrets frame(supervise) this detached house(flag) the 16th century, from which the one shelters a staircase with screw. The conical roofs are adorned with elegant ears of ridgepole topped with a sun and with a moon. He(It) is built in the location of a convent which depended on the cistercienne abbey on Vauluisant (Yonne) in the 12th century. In 1524, this house is destroyed by the fire which devastates a lot of the city of Troy. By 1550, Antoine Hennequin builds the detached house(flag) with turrets. The body of the building(ship) in return for carpenter's square is raised(brought up) to the 17th century by the famous family Mesgrigny which leaves the building(ship) in 1826\. During many years, it is the seat(siege) of the Trojan Great circle which organises balls and other festivities there. Having bought by the City of Troy in 1932 to make a decorative, secondary art museum of the museum of Fine Arts, he shelters currently collections evoking art champenois of the 16th century and the history(story) of the hosiery.