# The Madonna Saves Venice from the Plague of 1630 [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [NEGRI, Pietro]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 705 x 635 cm ## Commentary The Madonna Saves Venice from the Plague of 1630 c. 1673 Oil on canvas, 705 x 635 cm Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Venice Pietro Negri was a Venetian painter, the pupil of Antonio Zanchi. This is a detail of a huge painting which was begun by Antonio Zanchi and finished by Pietro Negri. The painting remembers the terrible plague of 1630 in Venice. The miraculous apparition of the Virgin, through St Mark's intercession, takes place against the steaming background of Venice where the Basilica della Salute can be seen. The Basilica, begun in 1631 as votive thanks for the end of the plague, was only completed in 1687 but by 1673 the most fundamental parts had been finished. ## Related artworks - [Vanitas]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()