Cima da Conegliano (Giovanni Battista Cima)

Giovanni Battista Cima was born in Conegliano in 1459 or 1460.¹

Cima da Conegliano's father, who died in 1484, was a cloth-shearer (cimator).¹

Giovanni Battista Cima created his earliest dated painting, the Madonna of the Arbour, in 1489.¹

Cima da Conegliano established himself in Venice in 1492, where he was recognized as a 'master'.²

Cima da Conegliano created the Baptism of Christ in the church of San Giovanni in Bragora, Venice in 1492.¹

Cima da Conegliano created Christ among the doctors in 1504, now in the National Museum in Warsaw.¹

By the summer of 1516, Cima da Conegliano had returned to his native place, Conegliano.³