Cima da Conegliano, Giovanni Battista: (b Conegliano, nr Treviso, ?1459–60; d Conegliano or Venice, Sept 1517 or 1518). 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 ...

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