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In addition to intagliowork (in wood and marble), Giacomo Piazzetta created a series of complex decorative ensembles, now destroyed, dismembered or dispersed, one of which was the reredos (1683) of the Scuola di Santa Maria della Carità, Venice, which he carved with scenes from the Life of the Virgin. It was broken up and divided between Adria Cathedral (near Rovigo) and the Cappella del Rosario (Chapel of Our Lady of the Rosary) in Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice. The latter pieces were destroyed in a fire in 1867 and replaced with other works of his, also originally in Santa Maria della Carità (today Accademia).
The restored Chapel of the Rosary was reopened only in 1959. The picture shows Piazzetta's wooden altar depicting Atlantean and scenes from the life of Jesus and Mary.
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