The Little Street
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The Little Street is a celebrated 17th-century genre painting by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer depicting a quiet, everyday street scene in his hometown of Delft.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Little Street canonical | 2 |
| A Village Street | 1 |
| Het Straatje | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T104142 — 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 Little Street Context triple: [Johannes Vermeer, notableWork, The Little Street]
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A.
Seven Corners
Seven Corners is a densely developed commercial and residential area in Fairfax County, Northern Virginia, known for its major road junction and large shopping centers.
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B.
L’Enfant
L’Enfant is the surname of Pierre Charles L’Enfant, the French-born American architect and civil engineer best known for designing the basic plan for Washington, D.C.
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C.
The Town of Homes
The Town of Homes is a residentially focused nickname for Belmont, Massachusetts, reflecting its suburban character and emphasis on neighborhood living.
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D.
The Backs
The Backs is a picturesque area in Cambridge where several historic college buildings back onto landscaped gardens along the River Cam.
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E.
The Great Commoner
The Great Commoner was the popular nickname of William Pitt the Elder, a prominent 18th-century British statesman celebrated for his leadership during the Seven Years' War and his advocacy for parliamentary reform.
- 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 Little Street Target entity description: The Little Street is a celebrated 17th-century genre painting by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer depicting a quiet, everyday street scene in his hometown of Delft.
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A.
Seven Corners
Seven Corners is a densely developed commercial and residential area in Fairfax County, Northern Virginia, known for its major road junction and large shopping centers.
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B.
L’Enfant
L’Enfant is the surname of Pierre Charles L’Enfant, the French-born American architect and civil engineer best known for designing the basic plan for Washington, D.C.
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C.
The Town of Homes
The Town of Homes is a residentially focused nickname for Belmont, Massachusetts, reflecting its suburban character and emphasis on neighborhood living.
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D.
The Backs
The Backs is a picturesque area in Cambridge where several historic college buildings back onto landscaped gardens along the River Cam.
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E.
The Great Commoner
The Great Commoner was the popular nickname of William Pitt the Elder, a prominent 18th-century British statesman celebrated for his leadership during the Seven Years' War and his advocacy for parliamentary reform.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genre painting
ⓘ
painting ⓘ |
| artist | Johannes Vermeer ⓘ |
| cataloguedIn | Vermeer catalogue raisonn e9 ⓘ |
| collection | Rijksmuseum collection ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Dutch Republic ⓘ |
| creator | Johannes Vermeer ⓘ |
| dateOfCreation | 1650s ⓘ |
| depicts |
children playing
ⓘ
everyday life ⓘ houses in Delft ⓘ street scene ⓘ women doing household chores ⓘ |
| depictsTimeOfDay | daytime ⓘ |
| follows | tradition of Dutch genre painting ⓘ |
| genre | Dutch Golden Age painting ⓘ |
| hasArtHistoricalSignificance | important example of Vermeer 27s early mature style ⓘ |
| hasBeenExhibitedAt |
Rijksmuseum
ⓘ
surface form:
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
|
| hasColorPalette |
earth tones
ⓘ
muted tones ⓘ |
| hasDepictionType |
cityscape
ⓘ
domestic genre scene ⓘ outdoor scene ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
architecture
ⓘ
domestic life ⓘ urban life ⓘ |
| height | 54.3 cm ⓘ |
| inception | circa 1657–1658 ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Dutch genre painters of Delft and Amsterdam ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Dutch ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Amsterdam ⓘ |
| location | Rijksmuseum ⓘ |
| materialUsed | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement | Baroque ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Johannes Vermeer ⓘ |
| orientation | portrait format ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
The Little Street
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Het Straatje
|
| paintingTechnique | oil on canvas ⓘ |
| partOf | Dutch Golden Age art ⓘ |
| setIn | Delft ⓘ |
| significantPlace | Delft ⓘ |
| style | realism ⓘ |
| surface | canvas ⓘ |
| usesPerspective | linear perspective ⓘ |
| width | 43.0 cm ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Little Street Description of subject: The Little Street is a celebrated 17th-century genre painting by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer depicting a quiet, everyday street scene in his hometown of Delft.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Het Straatje
subject surface form:
Johannes Vermeer
this entity surface form:
A Village Street