At the capture of Syracuse, Archimedes is killed by a Roman soldier. Archimes is sitting in his study room drawing a mathematical circle diagram. The Roman soldier who enters the room kills him with his sword. Death of Archimedes, print maker: Ludwig Gottlieb Portman, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Jacobus Buys, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1795, paper, h 215 mm × w 134 mm

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