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The Death of Cato

Willem Basse · 1634

Willem Basse: Documented works 1630–1660 (not lifespan)

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The Death of Cato

1634

etching and engraving on laid paper · National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

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etching and engraving on laid paper
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plate: 12.4 x 16.1 cm (4 7/8 x 6 5/16 in.) sheet: 13.3 x 17.7 cm (5 1/4 x 6 15/16 in.)
Collection no.
1994.70.11
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By the artist
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Willem Basse. The Death of Cato. Willem Basse; This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project by the National Gallery of Art . Please see the Gallery's Open Access Policy .. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Willem_Basse,_The_Death_of_Cato,_1634,_NGA_90937.jpg. CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.

Collection: National Gallery of Art

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The Death of Cato — Willem Basse. 1634.

Medium: etching and engraving on laid paper.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): plate: 12.4 x 16.1 cm (4 7/8 x 6 5/16 in.) sheet: 13.3 x 17.7 cm (5 1/4 x 6 15/16 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1994.70.11. David K. E. Bruce Fund.

Museum holding does not establish current display.

Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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Willem Basse. The Death of Cato. Willem Basse; This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project by the National Gallery of Art . Please see the Gallery's Open Access Policy .. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Willem_Basse,_The_Death_of_Cato,_1634,_NGA_90937.jpg. CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.