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Archimède tué par un soldat romain (Archimedes killed by a Roman soldier while trying to finish a geometric operation)
Archimède tué par un soldat romain (Archimedes killed by a Roman soldier while trying to finish a geometric operation)

Archimède tué par un soldat romain (Archimedes killed by a Roman soldier while trying to finish a geometric operation)

Artist (French, 1738–1826)
Date1788
MediumPen and ink and wash over pencil on laid paper
Dimensions13 1/4 x 9 3/4 inches (33.7 x 24.8 cm)
ClassificationsDrawings
Credit LineAcquired through the Membership Purchase Fund
Terms
  • Drawings
  • Pen and ink and wash over pencil
  • Arches
  • Armor
  • Beams
  • Compasses
  • Death
  • Geometry
  • History
  • Mathematics
  • Murder
  • Scrolls (motifs)
  • Soldiers
  • Spears
  • Weapons
  • Wheels
  • laid
Object number70.037
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