Death of Archimedes

Provenance

(James A. Bergquist, Newton Centre, MA); purchased 2018 by NGA.

Death of Archimedes

Charpentier, François-Philippe

1766

Accession Number

2018.91.21

Medium

etching and aquatint printed in brown on laid paper

Dimensions

image: 27.4 × 35.1 cm (10 13/16 × 13 13/16 in.) | plate: 29.7 × 36.4 cm (11 11/16 × 14 5/16 in.) | sheet: 29.8 × 57 cm (11 3/4 × 22 7/16 in.)

Classification

Print

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

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