Bredius 439
E23537
Bredius 439 is the catalogue raisonné entry assigned to Rembrandt’s famous painting "The Night Watch" in Abraham Bredius’s authoritative listing of the artist’s works.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bredius 439 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T185327 — 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: Bredius 439 Context triple: [The Night Watch, catalogueRaisonneNumber, Bredius 439]
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A.
Heer
The Heer was the land-based component of Nazi Germany’s armed forces, serving as its primary army during World War II.
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B.
Rednitz
The Rednitz is a river in Bavaria, Germany, that flows through cities such as Fürth and joins with the Pegnitz to form the Regnitz.
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C.
Hölldobler
Hölldobler is a German surname most notably associated with Bert Hölldobler, a prominent behavioral ecologist and myrmecologist known for his research on ants.
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D.
Achterhooks
Achterhooks is a regional Low Saxon dialect spoken in the Achterhoek area of the eastern Netherlands.
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E.
Bagshot
Bagshot is a village in the county of Surrey, England, known historically as a coaching stop and for its proximity to Bagshot Park, a royal residence.
- 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: Bredius 439 Target entity description: Bredius 439 is the catalogue raisonné entry assigned to Rembrandt’s famous painting "The Night Watch" in Abraham Bredius’s authoritative listing of the artist’s works.
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A.
Heer
The Heer was the land-based component of Nazi Germany’s armed forces, serving as its primary army during World War II.
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B.
Rednitz
The Rednitz is a river in Bavaria, Germany, that flows through cities such as Fürth and joins with the Pegnitz to form the Regnitz.
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C.
Hölldobler
Hölldobler is a German surname most notably associated with Bert Hölldobler, a prominent behavioral ecologist and myrmecologist known for his research on ants.
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D.
Achterhooks
Achterhooks is a regional Low Saxon dialect spoken in the Achterhoek area of the eastern Netherlands.
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E.
Bagshot
Bagshot is a village in the county of Surrey, England, known historically as a coaching stop and for its proximity to Bagshot Park, a royal residence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artwork catalogue number
ⓘ
catalogue raisonné entry ⓘ |
| appearsInCatalogue | Abraham Bredius’s catalogue raisonné of Rembrandt ⓘ |
| associatedWithInstitution | Rijksmuseum catalogue records ⓘ |
| catalogueAuthor | Abraham Bredius ⓘ |
| catalogueNumber | 439 ⓘ |
| catalogueScope | complete works of Rembrandt ⓘ |
| catalogueType | catalogue raisonné of Rembrandt’s works ⓘ |
| field | art history ⓘ |
| hasRole | standard reference identifier for The Night Watch in Bredius’s system ⓘ |
| identifies | a specific painting by Rembrandt ⓘ |
| languageOfCatalogue | Dutch ⓘ |
| refersToArtist |
Rembrandt van Rijn
ⓘ
surface form:
Rembrandt
|
| refersToWork | The Night Watch ⓘ |
| relatedCatalogueSystem |
Hofstede de Groot catalogue of Rembrandt
ⓘ
modern Rembrandt catalogues raisonnés ⓘ |
| subjectArea | Dutch Golden Age painting ⓘ |
| usedBy |
art historians
ⓘ
museum curators ⓘ provenance researchers ⓘ |
| workAlternativeTitle |
Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banning Cocq
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surface form:
Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq
|
| workArtist |
Rembrandt van Rijn
ⓘ
surface form:
Rembrandt
Rembrandt van Rijn ⓘ |
| workCity | Amsterdam ⓘ |
| workCountry | Netherlands ⓘ |
| workCurrentLocation |
Rijksmuseum
ⓘ
surface form:
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
|
| workDateApprox | 1642 ⓘ |
| workGenre | group portrait ⓘ |
| workMedium | oil on canvas ⓘ |
| workTitle | The Night Watch ⓘ |
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Subject: Bredius 439 Description of subject: Bredius 439 is the catalogue raisonné entry assigned to Rembrandt’s famous painting "The Night Watch" in Abraham Bredius’s authoritative listing of the artist’s works.
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