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Venetian Ships Attacking Constantinople

Domenico Tintoretto, 1598/1605

22 cm × 43 cm

About the size of an open laptop. You would need 4 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 43 cm
Width: 22 cm
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)
Kind: Drawing
Where the measurement comes from: Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
Credit: Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Purchased as the Gift of Alexander M. and Judith W. Laughlin

Five questions, answered from its own record. What is AGAI?

How big is it?: 22 cm × 43 cm. About the size of an open laptop. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made 1598/1605. It is in the public domain, and National Gallery of Art publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?: Everyone’s to see. It is held by National Gallery of Art: Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Purchased as the Gift of Alexander M. and Judith W. Laughlin.
How was it made?: 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).
Who speaks for it?: Its record at National Gallery of Art. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

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