# View of one of the short sides of the vault

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BECCAFUMI, Domenico](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/beccafumi-domenico-r95023343e20f15>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Fresco

## Commentary

The picture shows the scene of Cato&#39;s Suicide in one of the six octagons surrounding the central scenes. To the left and right in the oculi are Hercules at the Crossroads and Athena and Poseidon, respectively. The female figures are \(from left to right\) Lucretia, Pero, Eva, unidentified.

## Related artworks

- [Birth of the Virgin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/beccafumi-domenico-r95023343e20f15/birth-of-the-virgin-r437bb2603be443>)
- [Fall of the Rebel Angels](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/beccafumi-domenico-r95023343e20f15/fall-of-the-rebel-angels-r87e74ec391e9a5>)
- [Fall of the Rebel Angels](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/beccafumi-domenico-r95023343e20f15/fall-of-the-rebel-angels-rd913e2b9404f88>)
- [Head of a Youth Seen in Profile](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/beccafumi-domenico-r95023343e20f15/head-of-a-youth-seen-in-profile-r72e9e74f77eaaa>)
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- [Moses and the Golden Calf](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/beccafumi-domenico-r95023343e20f15/moses-and-the-golden-calf-rdedcf7dd4453e2>)
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- [St Jerome](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/beccafumi-domenico-r95023343e20f15/st-jerome-r0f07fdf3059855>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)