Soldaat van Marcellus vermoordt Archimedes, Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1819

Title(s)

Soldaat van Marcellus vermoordt Archimedes
Mentre Siracusa era in preda al saccheggio, un soldato di Marcello, avendo trovato Archimede occapato nei suoi studj, irritato dalle sue fredde risposte, l'uccide (title on object)
Geschiedenis van het Romeinse Rijk (series title)
Frontespizio della Istoria Romana (series title)

Object type

• print

Serial number

61/101

Object number

RP-P-1929-227

Catalogue reference

• Marini&Fagiolo 61

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228
• inscription: ‘Terwijl Syracuse geplunderd werd, doodde een soldaat van Marcellus die Archimedes met zijne studiën bezig had gevonden, degen uit woede over zijne kalme antwoorden’

Description

Een soldaat van Marcellus vermoordt Archimedes, in diens studeerkamer.

Artist

• print maker: Bartolomeo Pinelli (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Bartolomeo Pinelli (mentioned on object)

Place

Rome

Dating

1819

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 315 mm × width 424 mm

What

• death of Archimedes: the mathematician is killed by a soldier while drawing a diagram in the sand; 'Noli turbare circulos meos'

Credit line

• Gift of J.J. de Man, Ede

Acquisition

gift 1929

Copyright

Public domain

• Bartolomeo Pinelli 1781 - 1835 e il suo tempo, Maurizio Marini, p. 303-305, cat.nr. 61