It should probably be seen also with the context that the Ecstasy of St. Theresa rises above it in the same chapel, which is a pretty fleshly depiction of saintly ecstasy. So I’d take it more in the “nature of flesh” sense than the “snatching sinners into hell” sense. Plus this was a chapel that was used by the actual family who commissioned it (somewhere in the chapel Cornaro himself is sculpted) so reminders that all flesh meets the same destiny are typical for the time, but would also serve to heighten the sense of divinity surrounding the sculpture.
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