Vase with Twelve Sunflowers (Munich)
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Vase with Twelve Sunflowers (Munich) is an 1888 oil painting by Vincent van Gogh, part of his famous Sunflowers series, depicting a vibrant bouquet of sunflowers in a simple vase.
All labels observed (5)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T919863 — 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: Vase with Twelve Sunflowers (Munich) Context triple: [Sunflowers, hasNotableWork, Vase with Twelve Sunflowers (Munich)]
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A.
Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers
Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers is a famous still-life painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting a vibrant bouquet of sunflowers in a simple vase.
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B.
Vase with Five Sunflowers
Vase with Five Sunflowers is a famous still-life painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting a vibrant bouquet of sunflowers in a simple vase.
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C.
Vase with Three Sunflowers
Vase with Three Sunflowers is a still-life painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting a simple arrangement of sunflowers in a vase, part of his iconic sunflower series.
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D.
The Painter's Studio
The Painter's Studio is a large, allegorical 1855 oil painting by Gustave Courbet that presents a symbolic panorama of mid-19th-century French society gathered around the artist at work.
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E.
Souvenirs sur Van Gogh
Souvenirs sur Van Gogh is a memoir by French painter Émile Bernard that offers personal recollections and insights into the life and work of Vincent van Gogh.
- 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: Vase with Twelve Sunflowers (Munich) Target entity description: Vase with Twelve Sunflowers (Munich) is an 1888 oil painting by Vincent van Gogh, part of his famous Sunflowers series, depicting a vibrant bouquet of sunflowers in a simple vase.
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A.
Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers
Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers is a famous still-life painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting a vibrant bouquet of sunflowers in a simple vase.
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B.
Vase with Five Sunflowers
Vase with Five Sunflowers is a famous still-life painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting a vibrant bouquet of sunflowers in a simple vase.
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C.
Vase with Three Sunflowers
Vase with Three Sunflowers is a still-life painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting a simple arrangement of sunflowers in a vase, part of his iconic sunflower series.
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D.
The Painter's Studio
The Painter's Studio is a large, allegorical 1855 oil painting by Gustave Courbet that presents a symbolic panorama of mid-19th-century French society gathered around the artist at work.
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E.
Souvenirs sur Van Gogh
Souvenirs sur Van Gogh is a memoir by French painter Émile Bernard that offers personal recollections and insights into the life and work of Vincent van Gogh.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
oil painting
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painting ⓘ |
| alternativeTitle | Sunflowers (Munich) ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance | one of the best‑known works in Van Gogh’s Sunflowers series ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
experimentation with color contrasts
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transience of life ⓘ |
| associatedWith | decorations for the Yellow House in Arles ⓘ |
| cataloguedAs | one of Van Gogh’s sunflower still lifes of 1888 ⓘ |
| colorPalette |
blue background
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yellow tones ⓘ |
| createdIn |
Arles
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France ⓘ |
| creator | Vincent van Gogh ⓘ |
| creatorBirthName |
Vincent van Gogh
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surface form:
Vincent Willem van Gogh
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| creatorNationality | Dutch ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Western art ⓘ |
| depicts |
sunflowers
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vase ⓘ |
| dimensionType | rectangular format ⓘ |
| displayedAt | Neue Pinakothek, Munich ⓘ |
| exhibitionType | permanent collection display ⓘ |
| genre | still life ⓘ |
| hasArtStyleCharacteristic |
bold brushwork
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expressive composition ⓘ strong color contrasts ⓘ |
| hasSubject | cut flowers ⓘ |
| imageType | two‑dimensional artwork ⓘ |
| inception | 1888 ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Impressionism ⓘ |
| inscriptionLanguage | none or minimal ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Germany
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Munich ⓘ |
| location |
Neue Pinakothek, Munich
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surface form:
Neue Pinakothek
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| materialUsed | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement | Post‑Impressionism ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Vincent van Gogh ⓘ |
| numberOfFlowersDepicted | 12 ⓘ |
| owner | Bavarian State Painting Collections ⓘ |
| partOf |
Arles period of Vincent van Gogh
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surface form:
Van Gogh’s Arles period works
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| series |
Sunflowers
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surface form:
Sunflowers (paintings)
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| support | canvas ⓘ |
| technique | impasto ⓘ |
| title |
Vase with Twelve Sunflowers (Munich)
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Vase with Twelve Sunflowers
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Vase with Twelve Sunflowers (Munich) Description of subject: Vase with Twelve Sunflowers (Munich) is an 1888 oil painting by Vincent van Gogh, part of his famous Sunflowers series, depicting a vibrant bouquet of sunflowers in a simple vase.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Vase with Twelve Sunflowers (Paris)
this entity surface form:
Vase with Twelve Sunflowers (Paris)
Vase with Twelve Sunflowers (Munich)
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title
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Vase with Twelve Sunflowers (Munich)
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Vase with Twelve Sunflowers
this entity surface form:
Sunflowers (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam)
this entity surface form:
Sunflowers (twelve sunflowers in a vase)