La Berceuse (Augustine Roulin)
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La Berceuse (Augustine Roulin) is an 1889 oil painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting Augustine Roulin, the wife of his friend Joseph Roulin, as a maternal figure in a rocking-chair, emblematic of his Arles period portraiture.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| La Berceuse (Augustine Roulin) canonical | 2 |
| La Berceuse | 1 |
| La Berceuse (Saint-Rémy version) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3657188 — 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: La Berceuse (Augustine Roulin) Context triple: [Arles period of Vincent van Gogh, notableWorkCreated, La Berceuse (Augustine Roulin)]
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A.
Les Deux Orphelines
Les Deux Orphelines is a 19th-century French melodramatic play, best known as the source material for several film adaptations, including D.W. Griffith’s silent epic "Orphans of the Storm."
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B.
Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette
Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette is a celebrated 1876 painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir that vividly captures a lively Sunday afternoon gathering at a Montmartre dance garden, exemplifying the light, color, and social scenes characteristic of Impressionism.
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C.
La Goulue
La Goulue was the stage name of Louise Weber, a famous late-19th-century French can-can dancer at the Moulin Rouge and a popular subject of Toulouse-Lautrec’s posters.
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D.
"La Belle Zoraïde"
"La Belle Zoraïde" is a short story by Kate Chopin that explores themes of love, race, and maternal loss in Creole New Orleans society.
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E.
Les Paysans
Les Paysans is a novel by Honoré de Balzac that portrays the social and economic conflicts between peasants and landowners in rural post-Revolutionary France, and forms part of his larger cycle La Comédie humaine.
- 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: La Berceuse (Augustine Roulin) Target entity description: La Berceuse (Augustine Roulin) is an 1889 oil painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting Augustine Roulin, the wife of his friend Joseph Roulin, as a maternal figure in a rocking-chair, emblematic of his Arles period portraiture.
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A.
Les Deux Orphelines
Les Deux Orphelines is a 19th-century French melodramatic play, best known as the source material for several film adaptations, including D.W. Griffith’s silent epic "Orphans of the Storm."
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B.
Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette
Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette is a celebrated 1876 painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir that vividly captures a lively Sunday afternoon gathering at a Montmartre dance garden, exemplifying the light, color, and social scenes characteristic of Impressionism.
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C.
La Goulue
La Goulue was the stage name of Louise Weber, a famous late-19th-century French can-can dancer at the Moulin Rouge and a popular subject of Toulouse-Lautrec’s posters.
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D.
"La Belle Zoraïde"
"La Belle Zoraïde" is a short story by Kate Chopin that explores themes of love, race, and maternal loss in Creole New Orleans society.
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E.
Les Paysans
Les Paysans is a novel by Honoré de Balzac that portrays the social and economic conflicts between peasants and landowners in rural post-Revolutionary France, and forms part of his larger cycle La Comédie humaine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
oil painting
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painting ⓘ |
| colorUsage | vivid colors ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Vincent van Gogh ⓘ |
| depicts |
Augustine Roulin
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maternal figure ⓘ rocking chair ⓘ |
| depictsPerson | wife of Joseph Roulin ⓘ |
| depictsPersonRole | mother ⓘ |
| describedAt | Arles period of Vincent van Gogh ⓘ |
| genre | portrait painting ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | Augustine Roulin ⓘ |
| inception | 1889 ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Vincent van Gogh’s friendship with the Roulin family ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | French ⓘ |
| locationOfCreation | Arles ⓘ |
| medium |
oil on canvas
ⓘ
oil paint ⓘ |
| movement | Post-Impressionism ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
Arles period portraits
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portraits of the Roulin family ⓘ |
| style | expressive brushwork ⓘ |
| subjectHeading |
family
ⓘ
motherhood ⓘ |
| theme |
comfort
ⓘ
domestic life ⓘ nurturing ⓘ |
| title |
La Berceuse (Augustine Roulin)
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
La Berceuse
La Berceuse (Augustine Roulin) self-link ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: La Berceuse (Augustine Roulin) Description of subject: La Berceuse (Augustine Roulin) is an 1889 oil painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting Augustine Roulin, the wife of his friend Joseph Roulin, as a maternal figure in a rocking-chair, emblematic of his Arles period portraiture.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
La Berceuse (Saint-Rémy version)
this entity surface form:
La Berceuse