250px, ''Queen of Heaven expelling the Plague'', Main altar, Salute Beato Gherardo Sagredo in San Francesco dela Vigna a Venezia

Josse de Corte (1627–1679) was a

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sculptor, born in

Ypres Ypres ( , ; nl, Ieper ; vls, Yper; german: Ypern ) is a Belgian city and municipality in the province of West Flanders. Though the Dutch name is the official one, the city's French name is most commonly used in English. The municipality co ...

, but mainly active in

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after 1657.

History

He is also known as ''Giusto Le Court'' ''Giusto Cort'' or ''Josse Lecurt'' or ''Josse Cort''. He obtained some training in Rome by

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. His masterpiece is the theatrical and dynamic high altar sculptural complex depicting the ''Queen of Heaven expelling the Plague'' for the church of

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in Venice. It depicts the Virgin Mary saving pleading figures and scattering the personified evil of the plague. He also completed part of the ''

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Monument'' in San Clemente all'Isola in Venice. He also sculpted the Atlantes on the façade of the church of the Ospedaletto in Venice. Among his pupils in Venice were

Heinrich Meyring Heinrich Meyring/ Heinrich Meiering (1628 – 11 February 1723) was a German sculptor, active mainly in Venice and the Veneto. He is also known as ''Enrico Merengo'' or ''Arrigo Merengo''. Meyring was born in Rheine, Westphalia. He is cons ...

(Enrico Merengo), Francesco Cavrioli,

Francesco Penso Francesco Penso called "Cabianca" (1665? — 1737) was an Italian sculptor. His earliest known work is the marble ''St. Benedict'' (1695) for San Michele in Isola, Venice. His best-known work is the reliquary (1711), with bas-reliefs of the Cruci ...

, and

Orazio Marinali Orazio Marinali (1643–1720) was an Italian late-Baroque sculptor, active mainly in the Veneto or Venetian mainland. He trained with Josse de Corte. He is best known for over 150 statues produced by him and his studio for the estate and gardens ...

. Together they all contributed, together with Tommaso Rues influenced by Le Court to the extensive sculptural decoration of the exterior of the church of the Salute.

References

* 1627 births 1679 deaths Flemish Baroque sculptors Italian sculptors Italian male sculptors Artists from Ypres 17th-century Flemish sculptors 17th-century Venetian people {{Italy-sculptor-stub