CAMPAGNA, Girolamo
(b. ca. 1549, Verona, d. 1625, Venezia)

High Altar

1580-1600
Marble and wood
San Francesco della Vigna, Venice

The design and the sculptures of the High Altar are attributed to Girolamo Campagna. The centre has the particularity of not having an altarpiece but a cross. Initially the two groups of four wooden columns contained the statues of St Francis of Assisi and St Anthony of Padua. In the nineteenth century, these statues were removed from the altar and placed above the side doors of the choir of brothers. The pediment of the triumphal arch shows the Eternal Father and the Annunciation on the sides. These painted wood sculptures are attributed to Girolamo Campagna.