Italian Painter, ca.1459-1517
Italian painter. He belonged to the generation between Giovanni Bellini and Giorgione and was one of the leading painters of early Renaissance Venice. His major works, several of which are signed, are almost all church altarpieces, usually depicting the Virgin and Child enthroned with saints; he also produced a large number of smaller half-length Madonnas. His autograph paintings are executed with great sensitivity and consummate craftsmanship. Fundamental to his artistic formation was the style that Bellini had evolved by the 1470s and 1480s; other important influences were Antonello da Messina and Alvise Vivarini. Although Cima was always capable of modest innovation, his style did not undergo any radical alteration during a career of some 30 years, and his response to the growing taste for Giorgionesque works from the early 16th century remained superficial. He seems to have maintained a sizeable workshop, Related Paintings of CIMA da Conegliano :. | Hieronymus in einer Landschaft | St Christopher with the Infant Christ and St Peter | St Peter Martyr with St Nicholas of Bari, St Benedict and an Angel Musician dfg | The Annunciation (detail) dsg | The Virgin and Child with Saint Andrew and Saint Peter | Related Artists: Mitchell Ken about 1752-1845 Krzysztof Aleksander Boguszewski painted Virgin Mary on the dragon surrounded by angels in 1629 Poet Nizami 1141-1209