Trophime bigot

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Trophime Bigot (* 1597 in Arles , † 1650 in Avignon ) was a French painter of the Baroque . He worked in Italy and France. Many of his works typically show figures and scenes by candlelight.

Chanteur à la chandelle

Life

Trophime Bigot worked in Rome from around 1620 to 1634. He later lived in Aix-en-Provence from 1638 to 1642 , where he painted the altarpieces, and spent the time before and after in Arles. From 1644 he finally lived in Avignon. He was buried on February 21, 1650.

Master of the candlelight

In 1960, Benedict Nicolson grouped around 40 paintings as the work of an anonymous artist, whom he gave the emergency name "Master of Candlelight" ( English Candlelight Master). In a 1964 article, he finally identified this master with Bigot. It was previously suspected that these works could come from Gerrit van Honthorst , Matthias Stom or Georges de La Tour . However, Nicolson's attribution to Bigot has been widely recognized.

Jean-Pierre Cuzin suggested that only some of the paintings grouped around the work of the master of candlelight should come from Bigot.

Further name clarification

Because of stylistic differences between the works of Bigot's Roman and French creative periods, it was assumed that there could have been two painters named Bigot. The hypothesis that these were father and son could be refuted by files from the Arles city archives. A copper engraving after a lost painting by Bigot, Mary and Child in the workshop of Joseph (private property), from Aix-en-Provence offers a possible connection between the Roman and Provencal work.

Joachim von Sandrart knows at the beginning of the 17th century a Trufemondi mentioned caravaggistischen painter of night busts; according to Jean Boyer, this means Bigot.

Works

  • Chanteur à la chandelle ( Palazzo Doria-Pamphilj )
  • Doctor examining a urine sample ( Ashmolean Museum )
  • The Holy Family with Two Angels (Hôtel-Dieu de Québec)
  • The Last Supper or Last Supper at Emmaus (1639–1641, wall painting in the Convent des Carmelites, Aix-en-Provence)

Web links

Commons : Trophime Bigot  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Jean Boyer: The One and Only Trophime Bigot . In: The Burlington Magazine 130, No. 1022, May 1988, pp. 355-357.
  2. ^ Benedict Nicolson: The Candlelight Master, a follower Honthorst in Rome . In: Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek 1960, pp. 121–164.
  3. ↑ Benedict Nicolson: Un caravagiste aixois, le maitre à la chandelle . In: Art de France IV, 1964 pp. 116-139.
  4. ^ Jean-Pierre Cuzin: Trophime Bigot in Rome: A Suggestion . In: The Burlington Magazine 121, No. 914, May 1979, pp. 301-307.
personal data
SURNAME Bigot, Trophime
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Trufemondi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1597
PLACE OF BIRTH Arles
DATE OF DEATH buried February 21, 1650
Place of death Avignon