# The Bull Hunt in Campo San Polo

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## Artwork

- Artist: [HEINTZ, Joseph the Younger](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/heintz-joseph-the-younger-re66212acf8c037>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 115 x 205 cm

## Commentary

Joseph Heintz the Younger, from Augsburg, earned himself a reputation for paintings illustrating the characteristic Venetian festivals but left us only a few canvases that capture the city convincingly. Most of his paintings show an urban environment built up from coulisses, and take little heed of the laws of perspective. Heintz&#39;s compositions are dotted with numerous small, rather spindly figures, under the apparent influence of Jacques Callot. Most of these routine townscapes are based not on personal observation — though Heintz spent most of his life in Venice — but on older prints and paintings. Heintz&#39;s compositions served in turn as models for a large number of paintings of mediocre to very mediocre quality, Venetian festivals again being the preferred subject. &lt;p&gt; &lt;table align=left cellpadding=5 border=1 width=320 bgcolor=&#34;\#99cccc&#34;&gt; &lt;tr valign=middle&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;/support/gif/listen.gif&#34; border=0 valign=middle&gt; Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 3 minutes\):&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;\#&#34; onClick=&#34;w=window.open \(&#39;/music1/19\_cent/bizet\_carmen\_prelude.html&#39;, &#39;newWin&#39;, &#39;scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350&#39;\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true&#34;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Georges Bizet: Carmen, Prelude&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;

## Related artworks

- [Imaginary Scene with Venetian Buildings](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/heintz-joseph-the-younger-re66212acf8c037/imaginary-scene-with-venetian-buildings-r4862b5b1bca02b>)
- [Procession for the Feast of the Redeemer](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/heintz-joseph-the-younger-re66212acf8c037/procession-for-the-feast-of-the-redeemer-rf43c9064981939>)
- [Prospective plan of Venice](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/heintz-joseph-the-younger-re66212acf8c037/prospective-plan-of-venice-r83c6a1d77bae12>)
- [St Anthony of Padua: The Miracle of the Mule](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/heintz-joseph-the-younger-re66212acf8c037/st-anthony-of-padua-the-miracle-of-the-mule-r517701c20ebad1>)
- [View of an Imaginary Port](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/heintz-joseph-the-younger-re66212acf8c037/view-of-an-imaginary-port-ra1b32ac73a6313>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)