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| Cima da Conegliano Incredulity of Thomas, with Apostles ca. 1502-1504 oil on panel National Gallery, London |
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| Cima da Conegliano Incredulity of Thomas, with St Magnus of Anagni ca. 1505 oil on panel Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice |
"Cima developed his style early and maintained it with remarkable consistency throughout his career. Although Vasari may not be literally correct when he mentions Cima as discepolo of Giovanni Bellini (no documentary evidence exists concerning Cima's training), this description is accurate in the sense that the dominant influence on Cima's style was Bellini's mid-career painting, of the 1470s and 1480s, which responded to the sojourn of Antonello da Messina in Venice. Cima's works are characterized by compositional harmony; clear, warm colors; and a concern for plasticity and clearly defined spatial arrangement. Cima, often referred to as a "rustic Bellini," painted figure types that are very close to Bellini's; females tend to be generalized, while males have a specific, portrait-like quality. Much of his oeuvre does have a certain ingenuousness and sweet simplicity. But in his finest altarpieces (for example . . . the Incredulity of Thomas, Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice), monumental, classically conceived figures, striking architectural settings and landscapes, and dynamic and asymmetrical compositions anticipate Venetian art of the sixteenth century. . . . Though he experimented with the new secular subject matter, Cima continued to work in a style that remained essentially unchanged from his youth well into the sixteenth-century. That he continued to receive important commissions reflects the high quality of his work and, perhaps, its appeal to conservative tastes."
– from the artist's biography in the Systematic Catalogue of the National Gallery of Art
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| Cima da Conegliano Lion of St Mark with St John the Baptist, St Mark, Mary Magdalen and St Jerome ca. 1506-1508 oil on panel Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice |
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| Cima da Conegliano Healing of Ananias by St Mark ca. 1497-99 tempera on panel Gemäldegalerie, Berlin |
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| Cima da Conegliano Christ crowned with Thorns ca. 1510 oil on panel National Gallery, London |
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| Cima da Conegliano Madonna and Child enthroned with Angels and Saints ca. 1496-99 tempera and oil on panel Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice |
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| Cima da Conegliano Madonna and Child enthroned with St John the Baptist and Mary Magdalen ca. 1511-13 oil on panel Musée du Louvre |
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| Cima da Conegliano Madonna and Child enthroned with Angel and Saints ca. 1507 oil on panel Galleria Nazionale di Parma |
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| Cima da Conegliano Christ among the Doctors 1504 tempera on panel National Museum, Warsaw |
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| Cima da Conegliano St Christopher with the Christ Child, and St Peter (altarpiece fragment) ca. 1504-1506 oil on panel private collection |
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| Cima da Conegliano St Catherine of Alexandria ca. 1502 oil on panel Wallace Collection, London |
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| Cima da Conegliano Polyptych - St John the Baptist with Saints ca. 1504-1507 oil on panels Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista, San Fior |
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| Cima da Conegliano Triptych with St Martin and the Beggar between St John the Baptist and St Peter before 1517 oil on panels Museo Diocesano d'Arte Sacra, Vittorio Veneto |
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| Cima da Conegliano St Peter enthroned with Angel, St John the Baptist and St Paul 1515-16 oil on panel Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan |