BOLTRAFFIO, Giovanni Antonio
Italian High Renaissance Painter, ca.1466-1516
Italian painter and draughtsman. A pupil of Leonardo da Vinci, he was active mainly in Milan and was particularly noted as a portrait painter. Related Paintings of BOLTRAFFIO, Giovanni Antonio :. | The Poet Casio u | Portrait of Gerolamo Casio | The Virgin and Child with Saints John the Baptist and Sebastian Between Two Donors (mk05) | Portrait of a Gentleman | The Virgin and Child fgh | Related Artists: Vittorio Matteo CorcosItalian, 1859-1933 Trophime BigotTrophime Bigot (1579-1649/50), also known as Theophile Bigot, Teofili Trufemondi, Candlelight Master, Maître e la Chandelle, was a French painter of the Baroque era, active in Rome and his native Provence.
Bigot was born in Arles in 1579, where he began his artistic career. Between 1620 and 1634, Bigot was in Italy, including Rome. He is known to have been in Arles in 1634, where he painted the altarpiece Saint Laurent condamne au supplice (Saint Laurence Condemned to Torture) and Assomption de la Vierge (Assumption of the Virgin) for local churches.
Between 1638 and 1642, he lived in Aix-en-Provence, where he painted another Assumption of the Virgin. He returned to Arles in 1642, and divided his activities between this city and Avignon, where he died around 1650. TESTA, PietroItalian Baroque Era Painter, 1611-1650
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