Venetian Ships Attacking Constantinople

Venetian Ships Attacking Constantinople by Domenico Tintoretto

Medium

brush and tempera over some squaring in black chalk, on dark brown paper (upper right corner and irregular sides made up; laid on modern card)

Dimensions

overall: 43 × 22 cm (16 15/16 × 8 11/16 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Department

CG-E

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Purchased as the Gift of Alexander M. and Judith W. Laughlin

Accession Number

2007.111.174

About the Artist

Domenico Tintoretto

Son and assistant of the famous Venetian painter, Jacopo Robusti, called Tintoretto. He is known primarily as a portrait painter, although Domenico executed other subjects as well. Comment on works: religious, mythology, Portraits

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