Hans Baldung
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Hans Baldung was a German Renaissance painter and printmaker known for his vivid religious works, allegorical scenes, and striking depictions of witches and death.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hans Baldung canonical | 2 |
| Baldung | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2060216 — 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: Hans Baldung Context triple: [Old Masters, hasNotableExample, Hans Baldung]
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A.
Matthias Grünewald
Matthias Grünewald was a German painter renowned for his intensely emotional and expressive religious works, most famously the Isenheim Altarpiece, which stand out within the Northern Renaissance for their dramatic color and visionary imagery.
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B.
Albrecht Altdorfer
Albrecht Altdorfer was a German painter, printmaker, and architect renowned as a pioneer of pure landscape painting and a leading figure of the Danube School during the Northern Renaissance.
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C.
Albrecht Dürer
Albrecht Dürer was a German Renaissance artist renowned for his masterful engravings, woodcuts, and paintings that combined Northern detail with Italian humanist influences.
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D.
Hans Burgkmair the Elder
Hans Burgkmair the Elder was a prominent German Renaissance painter and printmaker known for his innovative woodcuts and contributions to early book illustration in Augsburg.
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E.
Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder was a leading German painter and printmaker of the Northern Renaissance, renowned for his portraits of Protestant reformers and his distinctive, graceful depictions of biblical and mythological subjects.
- 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: Hans Baldung Target entity description: Hans Baldung was a German Renaissance painter and printmaker known for his vivid religious works, allegorical scenes, and striking depictions of witches and death.
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A.
Matthias Grünewald
Matthias Grünewald was a German painter renowned for his intensely emotional and expressive religious works, most famously the Isenheim Altarpiece, which stand out within the Northern Renaissance for their dramatic color and visionary imagery.
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B.
Albrecht Altdorfer
Albrecht Altdorfer was a German painter, printmaker, and architect renowned as a pioneer of pure landscape painting and a leading figure of the Danube School during the Northern Renaissance.
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C.
Albrecht Dürer
Albrecht Dürer was a German Renaissance artist renowned for his masterful engravings, woodcuts, and paintings that combined Northern detail with Italian humanist influences.
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D.
Hans Burgkmair the Elder
Hans Burgkmair the Elder was a prominent German Renaissance painter and printmaker known for his innovative woodcuts and contributions to early book illustration in Augsburg.
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E.
Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder was a leading German painter and printmaker of the Northern Renaissance, renowned for his portraits of Protestant reformers and his distinctive, graceful depictions of biblical and mythological subjects.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German Renaissance artist
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human ⓘ painter ⓘ printmaker ⓘ |
| artisticPeriod | early 16th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| depicts |
Jesus Christ
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surface form:
Christ
Death ⓘ Virgin Mary ⓘ saints ⓘ witches ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | German ⓘ |
| familyName |
Hans Baldung
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Baldung
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| fieldOfWork |
engraving
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panel painting ⓘ woodcut printmaking ⓘ |
| genre |
allegorical painting
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memento mori ⓘ mythological painting ⓘ portrait ⓘ religious art ⓘ witchcraft imagery ⓘ |
| givenName | Hans ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Albrecht Dürer ⓘ |
| movement |
Northern Renaissance
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Renaissance ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | German ⓘ |
| notableFor |
allegorical scenes
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depictions of death ⓘ depictions of witches ⓘ vivid religious works ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Death and the Maiden
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Freiburg Minster ⓘ
surface form:
High Altar of Freiburg Minster
The Crucifixion ⓘ The Seven Ages of Woman ⓘ The Three Ages of Woman ⓘ
surface form:
The Three Ages of Woman and Death
The Virgin and Child ⓘ Witches' Sabbath (The Great He-Goat) ⓘ
surface form:
Witches’ Sabbath
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| occupation |
draftsman
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painter ⓘ printmaker ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| style |
dramatic composition
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eroticized figures ⓘ expressive use of color ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Freiburg im Breisgau
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Strasbourg ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hans Baldung Description of subject: Hans Baldung was a German Renaissance painter and printmaker known for his vivid religious works, allegorical scenes, and striking depictions of witches and death.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Baldung