Isenheim Altarpiece
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The Isenheim Altarpiece is a renowned early 16th-century polyptych by Matthias Grünewald, celebrated for its intense, emotionally charged depictions of the Crucifixion and scenes of suffering and redemption.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Isenheim Altarpiece canonical | 3 |
| Isenheim Altarpiece by Matthias Grünewald | 1 |
| Isenheimer Altar | 1 |
| Tauberbischofsheim Altarpiece | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2026937 — 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: Isenheim Altarpiece Context triple: [Colmar, hasArtwork, Isenheim Altarpiece]
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A.
The Virgin of the Rocks
The Virgin of the Rocks is a renowned Renaissance painting by Leonardo da Vinci depicting the Virgin Mary with the Christ Child, the infant John the Baptist, and an angel in a mysterious rocky landscape.
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B.
The Garden of Earthly Delights
The Garden of Earthly Delights is a famous and enigmatic triptych painting by Hieronymus Bosch, renowned for its fantastical, densely detailed scenes depicting paradise, earthly pleasures, and hell.
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C.
The Sistine Madonna
The Sistine Madonna is a renowned High Renaissance altarpiece by Raphael, celebrated for its serene depiction of the Virgin and Child flanked by saints and the iconic pair of cherubs at the bottom.
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D.
Benois Madonna
The Benois Madonna is an early Renaissance painting by Leonardo da Vinci depicting the Virgin Mary playfully interacting with the Christ Child, notable for its intimate composition and expressive realism.
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E.
The Descent from the Cross (Rogier van der Weyden)
The Descent from the Cross (Rogier van der Weyden) is a renowned 15th-century Netherlandish altarpiece depicting Christ’s body being lowered from the cross, celebrated for its emotional intensity, intricate composition, and meticulous detail.
- 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: Isenheim Altarpiece Target entity description: The Isenheim Altarpiece is a renowned early 16th-century polyptych by Matthias Grünewald, celebrated for its intense, emotionally charged depictions of the Crucifixion and scenes of suffering and redemption.
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A.
The Virgin of the Rocks
The Virgin of the Rocks is a renowned Renaissance painting by Leonardo da Vinci depicting the Virgin Mary with the Christ Child, the infant John the Baptist, and an angel in a mysterious rocky landscape.
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B.
The Garden of Earthly Delights
The Garden of Earthly Delights is a famous and enigmatic triptych painting by Hieronymus Bosch, renowned for its fantastical, densely detailed scenes depicting paradise, earthly pleasures, and hell.
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C.
The Sistine Madonna
The Sistine Madonna is a renowned High Renaissance altarpiece by Raphael, celebrated for its serene depiction of the Virgin and Child flanked by saints and the iconic pair of cherubs at the bottom.
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D.
Benois Madonna
The Benois Madonna is an early Renaissance painting by Leonardo da Vinci depicting the Virgin Mary playfully interacting with the Christ Child, notable for its intimate composition and expressive realism.
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E.
The Descent from the Cross (Rogier van der Weyden)
The Descent from the Cross (Rogier van der Weyden) is a renowned 15th-century Netherlandish altarpiece depicting Christ’s body being lowered from the cross, celebrated for its emotional intensity, intricate composition, and meticulous detail.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Isenheim Altarpiece Description of subject: The Isenheim Altarpiece is a renowned early 16th-century polyptych by Matthias Grünewald, celebrated for its intense, emotionally charged depictions of the Crucifixion and scenes of suffering and redemption.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Tauberbischofsheim Altarpiece
this entity surface form:
Isenheim Altarpiece by Matthias Grünewald
this entity surface form:
Isenheimer Altar