Art, literature & history
Venetian Ships Attacking Constantinople
1598/1605
- Dating
- Date range
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- 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.)
- Collection no.
- 2007.111.174
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Domenico Tintoretto. Venetian Ships Attacking Constantinople. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
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 (museum labels retained): overall: 43 × 22 cm (16 15/16 × 8 11/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2007.111.174. Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Purchased as the Gift of Alexander M. and Judith W. Laughlin.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.