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Trophime Bigot: Judith Cutting Off the Head of Holofernes  wikidata:Q18749410 reasonator:Q18749410
Artist
Trophime Bigot  (1579–1650)  wikidata:Q983634
 
Alternative names
Trufamond Bigoti, Théophile Bigot, Trufemondi, Maître à la Chandelle ?
Description French painter
Date of birth/death 8 June 1579 Edit this at Wikidata 21 February 1650 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Arles Edit this at Wikidata Avignon Edit this at Wikidata
Work period Baroque
era QS:P2348,Q37853
Work location
Rome (from 1620 until 1634
date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1620-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1634-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
), Aix-en-Provence (from 1638 until 1642
date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1638-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1642-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
), Arles (from 1642 until 1644
date QS:P,+1642-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P580,+1642-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1644-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
), Avignon (from 1644 until 1650
date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1644-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
)
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q983634
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Judith Cutting Off the Head of Holofernes
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre religious art Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: According to the Book of Judith in the Catholic Old Testament, the virtuous widow Judith saved her people when the military commanders failed to lift a siege by the Assyrians. She beguiled the enemy General Holofernes into getting drunk and cut off his head. The artist heightened the drama by contrasting Judith's serene determination with the amazement and horror exploding from the general's face. Portraying his head upside down emphasizes Holofernes' defeat and evokes the reversal of societal norms in a woman's victory over a strong man. By the 1620s, Trophime Bigot (ca. 1579-1650, also known as Master of the Candlelight) was in Rome, where he studied the paintings of Caravaggio (1571-1610). The Italian master had introduced often brutal, naturalistic, close-up scenes lit by a single light source. In this powerful baroque composition, the candle's light concentrates the drama around the clear diagonal movement back from Holofernes's straining arm.
Depicted people
Date circa 1640
date QS:P571,+1640-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
(Baroque
era QS:P2348,Q37853
)
Medium oil on panel
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q106857709,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 125.7 cm (49.4 in); width: 196.8 cm (77.4 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,125.7U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,196.8U174728
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
37.653
Place of creation Rome, Italy
Object history
Exhibition history Going for Baroque. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1995-1996. Highlights from the Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1998-2001. Vive la France! French Treasures from the Middle Ages to Monet. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1999-2000.
Credit line Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902
References
Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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