Venetian Ships Attacking Constantinople
Domenico Tintoretto
1598/1605
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