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Painting of a bearded man crying out as he stabs himself with a dagger, with a book and scroll beside him.

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A bearded man with his mouth wide open in anguish grips a dagger pressed to his torso, with blood visible at the wound. Beside him on a stone ledge lie an open book and a rolled scroll, while his other arm rests on the surface. This painting by Luca Giordano, held by the Hermitage Museum, depicts the Death of Cato of Utica.

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