Painter
The Renaissance painter, Giovanni Battista Cima (also known as Cima da Conegliano) was born in 1460 in the town of Conegliano in the Veneto region of Italy. His father was a cloth-shearer (cimator in Italian), hence the family surname.
He painted in Vicenza, possibly with Bartolomeo Montagna, and also worked in Venice until he returned to Conegliano in 1516. Cima married twice and had a total of eight children.
Most of his paintings are religious in nature with remarkably sensitive background landscapes new for the time.
Some of his work and where it can be viewed:
Madonna with the Orange Tree - Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venezia.
Annunciation - Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.
St. Helena - National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Maria with Child, Mary Magdalene and St. Hieronymus - Alte Pinakothek, Munich.
Madonna and Child with Saint Jerome and Saint John the Baptist - National Art Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Virgin with Child and St. Hohn the Baptist and St. Francis - Musée du Petit Palais, Avignon.
Virgin and Child with Saints and Donors - Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio.
Saint Peter Enthroned with Saints John the Baptist and Paul - Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan
Cima da Conegliano
Conegliano (TV)
Veneto
Italy
For those of you who like a bit of bubbly with your art, the famous Strada del Prosecco can also be found in this area.
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