The suicide of Cato The suicide of Cato. The statesman by his son and guards found lying on the floor dead, ha read Plato's Phaedo. Printed on the back with text in Dutch. . Manufacturer : print maker: Willem Bass Place manufacture: Northern Netherlands Date: 1632 - 1634 Physical characteristics: etching and engra material: paper Technique: etching / engra (printing process) Measurements: plate edge: H 124 mm × W 162 mmToelichtingIllustratie derived from: E. Herckmans, Der sea -vaertlof, JP Wachter, Amsterdam 1634, fol. 93. Subject: death of Marcus Porcius Cato the Younger surnamed Uticensis:
The suicide of Cato The suicide of Cato. The statesman by his son and guards found lying on the floor dead, ha read Plato's Phaedo. Printed on the back with text in Dutch. . Manufacturer : print maker: Willem Bass Place manufacture: Northern Netherlands Date: 1632 - 1634 Physical characteristics: etching and engra material: paper Technique: etching / engra (printing process) Measurements: plate edge: H 124 mm × W 162 mmToelichtingIllustratie derived from: E. Herckmans, Der sea -vaertlof, JP Wachter, Amsterdam 1634, fol. 93. Subject: death of Marcus Porcius Cato the Younger surnamed Uticensis: he stabs himself on his couch, after reading Plato's Phaedo; May he be seen tearing out his entrails
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