Chandos portrait of William Shakespeare
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The Chandos portrait of William Shakespeare is a famous early 17th-century oil painting widely believed to depict the playwright and poet, and is one of the most iconic images associated with him.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chandos portrait of William Shakespeare canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2959253 — 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: Chandos portrait of William Shakespeare Context triple: [National Portrait Gallery, hasNotableWork, Chandos portrait of William Shakespeare]
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A.
First Folio of Shakespeare
The First Folio of Shakespeare is the 1623 collected edition of William Shakespeare’s plays, regarded as the most authoritative early source for many of his works and a cornerstone of English literary history.
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B.
Portrait of Thomas Cromwell
Portrait of Thomas Cromwell is a renowned 16th-century painting by Hans Holbein the Younger depicting Henry VIII’s powerful chief minister with striking realism and psychological intensity.
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C.
The Yale Shakespeare
The Yale Shakespeare is a distinguished scholarly edition of William Shakespeare’s works published by Yale University Press, known for its authoritative texts and academic commentary.
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D.
The Laughing Cavalier
The Laughing Cavalier is a famous 1624 portrait by Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals, celebrated for its lively brushwork, vivid detail, and the subject’s enigmatic, almost smiling expression.
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E.
Life of William Shakespeare
Life of William Shakespeare is a comprehensive biographical study of William Shakespeare written by the English literary scholar Sir Sidney Lee.
- 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: Chandos portrait of William Shakespeare Target entity description: The Chandos portrait of William Shakespeare is a famous early 17th-century oil painting widely believed to depict the playwright and poet, and is one of the most iconic images associated with him.
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A.
First Folio of Shakespeare
The First Folio of Shakespeare is the 1623 collected edition of William Shakespeare’s plays, regarded as the most authoritative early source for many of his works and a cornerstone of English literary history.
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B.
Portrait of Thomas Cromwell
Portrait of Thomas Cromwell is a renowned 16th-century painting by Hans Holbein the Younger depicting Henry VIII’s powerful chief minister with striking realism and psychological intensity.
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C.
The Yale Shakespeare
The Yale Shakespeare is a distinguished scholarly edition of William Shakespeare’s works published by Yale University Press, known for its authoritative texts and academic commentary.
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D.
The Laughing Cavalier
The Laughing Cavalier is a famous 1624 portrait by Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals, celebrated for its lively brushwork, vivid detail, and the subject’s enigmatic, almost smiling expression.
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E.
Life of William Shakespeare
Life of William Shakespeare is a comprehensive biographical study of William Shakespeare written by the English literary scholar Sir Sidney Lee.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
oil painting
ⓘ
portrait ⓘ |
| appliesToPart |
head
ⓘ
shoulders ⓘ |
| collection |
National Portrait Gallery
ⓘ
surface form:
National Portrait Gallery, London
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| copyrightStatus | public domain ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| depicts | William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| depictsEthnicGroup | English people ⓘ |
| depictsHumanAge | middle-aged man ⓘ |
| depictsSexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt |
National Portrait Gallery
ⓘ
surface form:
National Portrait Gallery exhibitions
|
| genre | portrait art ⓘ |
| hairStyle |
long hair to the ears
ⓘ
receding hairline ⓘ |
| hasColor |
black doublet
ⓘ
dark background ⓘ gold earring ⓘ white collar ⓘ |
| hasEarOrnament | gold hoop earring ⓘ |
| hasEffect | shaped visual image of Shakespeare ⓘ |
| hasFacialHair |
moustache
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small beard ⓘ |
| hasHeadgear | no hat ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance |
earliest known painting believed to depict Shakespeare
ⓘ
influential in later representations of Shakespeare ⓘ |
| hasQuality |
iconic image of William Shakespeare
ⓘ
widely believed likeness ⓘ |
| hasResearchSubject |
authenticity of Shakespeare likenesses
ⓘ
provenance of early 17th-century English portraits ⓘ |
| hasUncertainty |
attribution of the artist
ⓘ
definitive identification of the sitter ⓘ |
| imageUsedBy |
publishers of Shakespeare’s works
ⓘ
theatre companies promoting Shakespeare plays ⓘ |
| inception | early 17th century ⓘ |
| influenced | popular visual culture of Shakespeare ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
England
ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| locatedInTime |
Stuart period
ⓘ
surface form:
Jacobean era
|
| location |
National Portrait Gallery
ⓘ
surface form:
National Portrait Gallery, London
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| materialUsed | oil paint ⓘ |
| namedAfter | James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos ⓘ |
| partOf | National Portrait Gallery collection of Tudor and Jacobean portraits ⓘ |
| significantFigure | William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| subjectHasRole |
playwright
ⓘ
poet ⓘ |
| usedAs |
iconic image in Shakespeare scholarship
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model for engravings of Shakespeare ⓘ reproduction in books and theatre programs ⓘ |
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