- 526
Attributed to Joseph Heintz the Younger
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
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Description
- Joseph Heintz the Younger
- Venice, the Piazzetta at carnival on Giovedi Grasso with a firework display and the bulls running
- oil on canvas, unframed
Catalogue Note
The painting depicts the festival that took place on Shrove Tuesday (Giovedi Grasso) during Carnival. The running of the bulls, and the slaughtering of one for a feast, and the festivities that accompanied this, commemorated Venice's victory over Ulrico, Patriarch of Aquileia in 1162.