St. John the Baptist Preaching
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"St. John the Baptist Preaching" is a sculpture by Auguste Rodin depicting the biblical figure mid-sermon, notable for its dynamic pose and expressive realism.
All labels observed (1)
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| St. John the Baptist Preaching canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2404431 — 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: St. John the Baptist Preaching Context triple: [Rodin Museum, hasWork, St. John the Baptist Preaching]
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A.
Baptism in the Jordan
Baptism in the Jordan is the New Testament event in which Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist in the River Jordan, marking the beginning of his public ministry.
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B.
John the Baptist
John the Baptist was a major Jewish prophetic figure of the 1st century CE, revered in Christianity and Islam for preaching repentance and baptizing followers in preparation for the coming of Jesus.
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C.
The Storm on the Sea of Galilee
The Storm on the Sea of Galilee is a famous 1633 maritime painting by Rembrandt depicting a dramatic biblical scene of Christ calming a storm-tossed sea.
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D.
Sermon on the Mount
The Sermon on the Mount is a foundational collection of Jesus’ teachings in the New Testament, emphasizing inner righteousness, humility, love of enemies, and the ethics of the Kingdom of God.
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E.
Preaching of Peter
The Preaching of Peter is a lost early Christian text, traditionally attributed to the apostle Peter, that is thought to have influenced the formation of one or more New Testament Gospels.
- 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: St. John the Baptist Preaching Target entity description: "St. John the Baptist Preaching" is a sculpture by Auguste Rodin depicting the biblical figure mid-sermon, notable for its dynamic pose and expressive realism.
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A.
Baptism in the Jordan
Baptism in the Jordan is the New Testament event in which Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist in the River Jordan, marking the beginning of his public ministry.
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B.
John the Baptist
John the Baptist was a major Jewish prophetic figure of the 1st century CE, revered in Christianity and Islam for preaching repentance and baptizing followers in preparation for the coming of Jesus.
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C.
The Storm on the Sea of Galilee
The Storm on the Sea of Galilee is a famous 1633 maritime painting by Rembrandt depicting a dramatic biblical scene of Christ calming a storm-tossed sea.
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D.
Sermon on the Mount
The Sermon on the Mount is a foundational collection of Jesus’ teachings in the New Testament, emphasizing inner righteousness, humility, love of enemies, and the ethics of the Kingdom of God.
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E.
Preaching of Peter
The Preaching of Peter is a lost early Christian text, traditionally attributed to the apostle Peter, that is thought to have influenced the formation of one or more New Testament Gospels.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
sculpture
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work of art ⓘ |
| artForm | figurative sculpture ⓘ |
| artist | Auguste Rodin ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
French sculpture
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Rodin Museum ⓘ
surface form:
Rodin Museum collections
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| basedOn |
Bible
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New Testament ⓘ |
| cataloguedAs | Rodin sculpture ⓘ |
| completionDate | circa 1880 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Auguste Rodin ⓘ |
| culturalContext | 19th-century French art ⓘ |
| depictionType | standing male nude ⓘ |
| depicts | John the Baptist ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt | Paris ⓘ |
| genre | religious sculpture ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
life-size or larger-than-life scale
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naturalistic anatomy ⓘ rough surface modeling ⓘ sense of movement ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
prophecy
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religious preaching ⓘ repentance ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
bronze cast
ⓘ
marble version ⓘ plaster version ⓘ |
| iconography | Christian iconography ⓘ |
| inception | 1878 ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Italian Renaissance sculpture
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classical antiquity ⓘ |
| material |
bronze
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marble ⓘ plaster ⓘ |
| movement |
Impressionism
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Modern sculpture ⓘ Realism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dynamic pose
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expressive realism ⓘ monumental scale ⓘ |
| originalLanguageTitle | French ⓘ |
| period | late 19th century ⓘ |
| portraysEmotion |
ecstatic movement
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spiritual intensity ⓘ |
| portraysMoment | John the Baptist preaching ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| style | expressive modeling ⓘ |
| subject | John the Baptist ⓘ |
| technique | lost-wax casting ⓘ |
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