Madonna enthroned with Child with Saints James the Apostle and Jerome

Cima da Conegliano's Madonna Enthroned with Child between Saints James the Apostle and Jerome, painted around 1489 and now in the Palazzo Chiericati Art Gallery, Vicenza, was created for a church in the Vicentine territory. The pairing of James the pilgrim-apostle with Jerome the scholar saint was common in Venetian terraferma altarpieces. Cima's works in Vicenza demonstrate his active patronage network across the cities of the Venetian mainland.

Cima employs his characteristic architectural setting with the enthroned Madonna flanked symmetrically by saints, using clear lighting and precisely rendered spatial depth to create his trademark atmosphere of balanced devotional calm.