Cima da Conegliano

Background

Cima da Conegliano was born in 1459 in Conegliano, Veneto, Italy. His father, who died in 1484, was a cloth-shearer.

Education

Data concerning his artistic training are missing. Probably, he was a pupil of Bartolomeo Montagna, a minor painter of Vicenza.

Career

Due to the absence of sources, his artistic formation prior to 1489 is unknown, and so does the date of the first painting attributed to him. His oldest painting inscribed with a date is the "Madonna of the Arbour." Around 1489 Cima moved to Venice where he opened his own shop. In the year 1494 there were some payments made to the artist. Other payments date back to 1499, 1504, and 1510 .

Between 1500 and 1515 he probably lived between Venice and Emilia. Moreover, in Parma, Bologna, and Carpi were commissioned his works for some churches, such as the "Madonna and Child between Saints Michael Archangel and Andrew", created in 1505, and the "Holy Conversation" dated to 1513.

Cima's presence in Conegliano, where he spent the summers, was documented, for the last time, in 1516. Throughout his life Cima kept strong ties with his hometown, purchasing property there and maintaining a house to which he returned often from Venice. He died between 1517 and 1518, probably in Conegliano. Nowadays, his home is the Museum House of Giovanni Battista Cima.

Achievements

• Cima was highly praised for his style which was marked by its use of landscape and by airy, luminous colour.

Works

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  • The Baptism of Christ

  • Virgin and Child

  • St. Peter Martyr with St. Nicholas of Bari, St. Benedict and an Angel Musician

  • The Annunciation

  • Madonna and Child

  • St. Jerome in a Landscape

  • Madonna and Child with saints

  • Adoration of the Shepherds

  • St. John the Baptist and Saints

  • The Healing of Anianus

  • The Marriage of Bacchus and Ariadne

  • Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints

  • Madonna of the Orange Tree with St. Ludovic of Toulouse and St. Jerome

  • Madonna and Child with St. John the Baptist and Mary Magdalene

  • Doubting Thomas with St. Magnus

  • The Deposition

  • Madonna Enthroned with the Child

  • Sacred Conversation

  • Presentation of the Virgin at the Temple

  • St. Peter Enthroned with Saints

  • David and Jonathan

  • St. Christopher with the Infant Christ and St. Peter

  • St. Jerome in the Desert

  • The Coronation of the Virgin

  • Madonna and Child

  • Saint Sebastian

  • St. Jerome in the Wilderness

  • St. Helena

Personality

Cima gave evidence of the serious calm, and almost passionless spirit that so eminently characterized him.

Interests

• Artists

  Giovanni Bellini

Connections

Cima had two sons, Pietro and Riccardo, from his first wife, Corona, and three daughters from the second one, Maria.

spouse 1st:

Corona da Conegliano

spouse 2nd:

Maria da Conegliano

Son:

Pietro da Conegliano

Son:

Riccardo da Conegliano

Son:

Carlo da Conegliano

teacher:

Bartolomeo Montagna

References

• Cima da Conegliano
  1983
• Cima da Conegliano
  1962
• Cima Da Conegliano: Ein Venezianischer Maler des Übergangs vom Quattrocento zum Cinquecento (Classic Reprint) (German Edition)
  2017
• Apresentando pinturas de Cima da Conegliano Com display TFT programado no Arduino (Portuguese Edition) eBook: Vitor Amadeu Souza: Books
  2018
• Cima da Conegliano: Poeta del Paessaggio
  2010