The Death of Cato
E442426
The Death of Cato is a neoclassical history painting by Scottish artist Gavin Hamilton depicting the stoic Roman statesman Cato the Younger’s final moments.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Death of Cato canonical | 3 |
| The Death of Cato (Gavin Hamilton painting) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4467089 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Death of Cato Context triple: [Gavin Hamilton, notableWork, The Death of Cato]
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A.
Catiline His Conspiracy
Catiline His Conspiracy is a Jacobean-era tragedy by Ben Jonson dramatizing the infamous Roman conspiracy led by Lucius Sergius Catilina against the Republic.
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B.
Life of Brutus
Life of Brutus is one of Plutarch’s biographical essays, focusing on the life and character of the Roman statesman Marcus Junius Brutus, famed for his role in the assassination of Julius Caesar.
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C.
Cato’s Conspiracy
Cato’s Conspiracy, better known as the Stono Rebellion, was a major 1739 slave uprising in colonial South Carolina that became one of the largest and most significant revolts of enslaved Africans in British North America.
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D.
Catiline
Catiline was a Roman senator best known for leading a failed conspiracy to overthrow the Roman Republic in 63 BCE.
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E.
The Trial of Lucullus
The Trial of Lucullus is a didactic radio play and later opera libretto by Bertolt Brecht that stages a posthumous trial of the Roman general Lucullus to critique war, imperialism, and class injustice.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Death of Cato Target entity description: The Death of Cato is a neoclassical history painting by Scottish artist Gavin Hamilton depicting the stoic Roman statesman Cato the Younger’s final moments.
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A.
Catiline His Conspiracy
Catiline His Conspiracy is a Jacobean-era tragedy by Ben Jonson dramatizing the infamous Roman conspiracy led by Lucius Sergius Catilina against the Republic.
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B.
Life of Brutus
Life of Brutus is one of Plutarch’s biographical essays, focusing on the life and character of the Roman statesman Marcus Junius Brutus, famed for his role in the assassination of Julius Caesar.
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C.
Cato’s Conspiracy
Cato’s Conspiracy, better known as the Stono Rebellion, was a major 1739 slave uprising in colonial South Carolina that became one of the largest and most significant revolts of enslaved Africans in British North America.
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D.
Catiline
Catiline was a Roman senator best known for leading a failed conspiracy to overthrow the Roman Republic in 63 BCE.
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E.
The Trial of Lucullus
The Trial of Lucullus is a didactic radio play and later opera libretto by Bertolt Brecht that stages a posthumous trial of the Roman general Lucullus to critique war, imperialism, and class injustice.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
history painting
ⓘ
neoclassical painting ⓘ painting ⓘ |
| artisticSchool |
Scottish Neoclassicism
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linked to:
Georgian architecture
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| basedOn |
Roman history
ⓘ
life of Cato the Younger ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| creator |
Gavin Hamilton
ⓘ
Scottish artist Gavin Hamilton ⓘ
linked to:
Gavin Hamilton
|
| creatorNationality | Scottish ⓘ |
| creatorOccupation | painter ⓘ |
| depicts |
Cato the Younger
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Stoicism ⓘ death of Cato the Younger ⓘ |
| depictsEvent | Cato the Younger’s final moments ⓘ |
| depictsPerson |
Cato the Younger
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linked to:
Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis
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| depictsPlace | Utica ⓘ |
| depictsTimePeriod | late Roman Republic ⓘ |
| genre | Neoclassicism ⓘ |
| hasTitle | The Death of Cato ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Cato the Younger
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linked to:
Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis
Roman Republic ⓘ suicide ⓘ |
| movement | Neoclassicism ⓘ |
| portrays |
Roman statesman
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Stoic philosopher ⓘ |
| theme |
moral courage
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political resistance ⓘ republicanism ⓘ virtue ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Death of Cato Description of subject: The Death of Cato is a neoclassical history painting by Scottish artist Gavin Hamilton depicting the stoic Roman statesman Cato the Younger’s final moments.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Death of Cato