Archimedes Death

The picture of "Death of Archimedes", 1815, Thomas Degeorge (1786-1854) appears on the book cover of the book "Circles Disturbed, The interplay of Mathematics and Narrative" edited by Apostolos Doxiadis and Barry Mazur.


Appendix: The theme of the death of Archimedes has been taken on several times by artists. Here is an example by gustave courtois.