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Archimede
Portrait.
Archimedes, seen half-length, sitting at a desk, turned to left, and tracing figures with a pair of compasses; he wears a turban and an embroidered gown. Made as a pair to a portrait of Galileo. Advertised in 'Gazette de France', 13 December 1773; 'L'avant-coureur', 18 December; 'Mercure', January 1774.
Archimedes, seen half-length, sitting at a desk, turned to left, and tracing figures with a pair of compasses; he wears a turban and an embroidered gown. Made as a pair to a portrait of Galileo. Advertised in 'Gazette de France', 13 December 1773; 'L'avant-coureur', 18 December; 'Mercure', January 1774.
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Object Details
| ID: | PAF3181 |
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| Type: | |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Gaillard, Robert; Prince, Jean Baptiste Le |
| Date made: | 1773 |
| People: | Archimedes of Syracuse, b |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 400 x 299 mm; Mount: 557 mm x 405 mm |
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