Giovanni Battista Cima

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Baptism of Christ in the Jordan ; 1493/94. San Giovanni in Bragora, Venice

Giovanni Battista Cima (* around 1460 in Conegliano ; † between 1517 and 1518), called Cima da Conegliano , was an Italian painter .

life and work

Giovanni Battista Cima was born in Conegliano , now part of the Province of Treviso . His father was a cloth cutter ( cimatore ), hence the family's nickname Cima .

Sources about Cima's life and artistic career are sparse. In Conegliano's tax files there is a document from 1473, according to which a certain Joannes Cimador became taxable under the laws of the Serenissima when he reached the age of 14 . From this, the research deduces a date of birth between 1459 or 1460.

The first painting signed and dated by Cima dates from 1489, when he ran a workshop in Venice and accepted several orders for altarpieces. Between 1500 and 1515, in addition to Venice, he also worked for clients in Reggio Emilia, Parma and Bologna. In the summer of 1516, Cima returned to Conegliano, where he died between 1517 and 1518.

Altarpiece in Madonna dell'Orto in Venice

Cima was an extraordinarily prolific painter. In addition to the polyptiches in the Vivarini tradition, some of which were set in extremely splendid frames , he painted a large number of altarpieces, often in the form of the Sacra Conversazione , small-format devotional images , including numerous depictions of the Madonna and Child, and occasionally of rich Collectors of the time commissioned pictures with themes from Greek mythology . Are the polyptychs still strong in the traditional style of the Vivarini oriented, so make during his time in Venice the models Antonello regarding the technique of oil painting and the intensity and delicateness of colors, as well as Bartolomeo Montagna , Giovanni Bellini and Giorgione in terms of the atmospheric dense landscaping and the attention to detail in the representation of nature and architecture are noticeable. Albrecht Dürer , who stayed in Venice in 1505 and 1506 and was greatly appreciated by his Italian painter colleagues, could also have inspired Cima in his conception of nature and landscape. The outsourcing of the personnel of a Sacra Conversazione to nature, which had already begun with Bellini, is further developed by Cima, who sets up the Madonna and the accompanying saints in capriccio-like fantasy architecture and the open landscape.

His works can be viewed in Parma, Venice, Conegliano, Paris, Strasbourg, Saint Petersburg, Moscow, Lisbon, San Francisco, Washington, London, Dresden and Berlin, among others.

Exhibitions

  • 1962 Cima da Conegliano: poeta del paesaggio . Palazzo dei Trecento in Treviso, (catalog)
  • 2010 Cima da Conegliano . Palazzo Sarcinelli in Conegliano. (Catalog)
  • 2012 Cima da Conegliano - Maître de la Renaissance venitienne at the Musée du Luxembourg , Paris.

Works (selection)

Polyptychs (selection)

  • “ Polyptych with John the Baptist”, 1504–1509, 5 panels and 3 predella images in a gilded wooden frame, Church of San Giovanni Battista in San Fior , Province of Treviso
  • “Polyptych of the parish church of Olera”, Alzano Lombardo , oil on wood, in situ , in the original gilded frame of a Venetian workshop; Olera, Bergamo Province
  • "Polyptych of the Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore" in Miglionico , 18 individual pictures and sculpture of John the Baptist, gilded frame, some original with later additions (17th century)
  • “Polyptych of the Church of Sant'Anna” in Capodistria , Museo di Palazzo Ducale , Mantova ; 10 panels in the original gilded frame

  • Polyptych of San Fior

  • Polyptych by Olera

  • Polyptych by Miglionico

Altarpieces (selection)

  • Birth of Christ with saints , oil on panel, 300 × 185 cm, 1509, Santa Maria dei Carmini , Venice
  • Baptism of Christ in the Jordan , 1492, oil on panel, main altar of the Church of San Giovanni in Bragora , Venice.
  • St. Helena and Constantine at the side of the cross of Christ , 1501–1503, oil on panel, San Giovanni in Bragora , Venice.
  • The Unbeliever Thomas , 1502–1504, oil on panel mounted on canvas, National Gallery, London
  • The unbeliever Thomas with Bishop Magnus , around 1492, oil on panel, 350 × 210 cm, Gallerie dell 'Accademia , Venice
  • S. Petrus Martyr between Saints Nicholas of Bari and Benedict , 1504, oil on panel, 330 × 216 cm, Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan.
  • John the Baptist with Saints Peter, Marcus, Hieronymus and Paul , around 1495, oil on panel, 305 × 205 cm, Madonna dell'Orto , Venice.
  • Sacra Conversazione ( Madonna and Child Enthroned in the Company of Saints ), c. 1490, oil on panel, 301 × 211 cm, Brera , Milan.
  • Madonna and Child Enthroned in the Company of Angels and Saints , around 1492, oil on panel, 150 × 235 cm, Cathedral in Conegliano .
  • Madonna Enthroned with Child in the Company of Saints , 1496–1499, oil on panel, 419 × 213 cm, Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice.
  • Madonna with the Orange Tree , around 1496, oil on panel, Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cima da Conegliano, la biografia
  2. ^ Cima da Conegliano, exhibition catalog 2010
  3. ^ Exhibition catalog Musée du Luxembourg ( Memento from January 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ^ Polittico di Giovan Battista Cima da Conegliano

literature

Web links

Commons : Cima da Conegliano  - collection of images, videos and audio files
personal data
SURNAME Cima, Giovanni Battista
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian painter
DATE OF BIRTH around 1460
PLACE OF BIRTH Conegliano
DATE OF DEATH 1517 or 1518