Trophîme Bigot (1579-1650)

• Bigot was a French painter of the Baroque era.

• Also known as Théophile Bigot, Teofili Trufemondi, the Candlelight Master.

• He was active in Rome and his native Provence.

• Bigot was born in Arles in 1579.

• Between 1620 and 1634, Bigot was in Italy, including Rome.

• Between 1638 and 1642, he lived in Aix-en-Provence, where he painted Assumption of the Virgin.

• He returned to Arles in 1642, and divided his activities between there and Avignon, where he was buried in St Peter's church on February 21, 1650.

• About 40 paintings have been attributed to Bigot

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