Justus de Corte
Illustration — Queen of Heaven Expelling the Plague, main altar, Santa Maria della Salute • Illustration — Gerardo Sagredo by Josse de Corte Josse de Corte (1627–1679) was a Baroque Flemish sculptor, born in Ypres, but mainly active in Venice after 1657.
Also recorded as Juste Lecurt · Giusto Lecurt · Josse de Cort · Giusto Corte
Justus de Corte
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- Born
- 1627 · Ypres.
- Died
- 1679 · Venice.
- Nationality
- Habsburg Netherlands
- Occupation
- sculptor
- Fields
- art of sculpture · Baroque sculpture
- Teachers
- François Duquesnoy
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Illustration — Queen of Heaven Expelling the Plague, main altar, Santa Maria della Salute • Illustration — Gerardo Sagredo by Josse de Corte Josse de Corte (1627–1679) was a Baroque Flemish sculptor, born in Ypres, but mainly active in Venice after 1657.
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Training under François Duquesnoy is recorded. Heinrich Meyring is recorded as having studied under Justus de Corte. The field of work recorded is art of sculpture and Baroque sculpture. Places of work recorded in the authority are Venice and Padua. Work by Justus de Corte is recorded in the collections of Museo del Prado, Musée Magnin and Ca' Rezzonico.
He is also known as Giusto Le Court, Giusto Cort, Josse Lecurt, or Josse Cort. He obtained some training in Rome by François Duquesnoy. His masterpiece is the theatrical and dynamic high altar sculptural complex Queen of Heaven Expelling the Plague for the church of Santa Maria della Salute in Venice. It depicts the Virgin Mary saving pleading figures and scattering the personified evil of the plague. He also completed part of the Morosini 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 (Enrico Merengo), Francesco Cavrioli, Francesco Penso, and Orazio Marinali. Together they all contributed, together with Tommaso Rues, to the extensive sculptural decoration of the exterior of Santa Maria della Salute. • Atlantes in the Chiesa dell'Ospedaletto • — — —
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