Dood Van Cato, Pietro Testa, 1648 print The statesman Cato has pierced himself in his sleeping room. Lying on a bed he pulls entrails from his body. A group of bystanders watches. Seven lines of Latin text in the lower margin. Italy paper etching death of Marcus Porcius Cato the Younger surnamed Uticensis: he stabs himself on his couch, after reading Plato's Phaedo; he may be seen tearing out his entrails

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