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Suicide of Cato: Cato is shown lying on his bed surrounded by his mourning friends committing suicide by tearing out his own entrails. Etching by P. Testa, 1648.
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Suicide of Cato: Cato is shown lying on his bed surrounded by his mourning friends committing suicide by tearing out his own entrails. Etching by P. Testa, 1648.

Pietro Testa · 1648

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Lettering: Sic fortitudinis, Cato, aeternum prebes monimentum; qui turpe vitae ... P. Testa 1648

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