# High Altar \(detail\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [DE CORTE, Josse](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/de-corte-josse-rb9409e9c8f0b1b>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Marble

## Commentary

The Virgin is shown with the Christ Child interceding on behalf of a kneeling figure of Venice, while on her other side the plague is represented by a witchlike apparition toppling into the void; the city&#39;s patron saints Mark and Lorenzo Giustinian look up from below.

## Related artworks

- [Altar of the Crucifixion](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/de-corte-josse-rb9409e9c8f0b1b/altar-of-the-crucifixion-r1ced3341a9d619>)
- [Grotesque](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/de-corte-josse-rb9409e9c8f0b1b/grotesque-r392d197c7d13c2>)
- [High Altar](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/de-corte-josse-rb9409e9c8f0b1b/high-altar-r160b0df0da574c>)
- [St Mark](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/de-corte-josse-rb9409e9c8f0b1b/st-mark-r1e5f3d90b6dab1>)
- [Telamon](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/de-corte-josse-rb9409e9c8f0b1b/telamon-rcf470d73ccffd6>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)