David (bronze)
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David (bronze) is a renowned early Renaissance bronze sculpture by Donatello depicting the biblical hero David in a youthful, contemplative pose.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| David (bronze) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4287879 — 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: David (bronze) Context triple: [Donatello, notableWork, David (bronze)]
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Bronze Ball
The Bronze Ball is the FIFA Club World Cup’s third-place individual award given to one of the tournament’s best-performing players.
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B.
Dávid
Dávid is a given name, commonly used in Hungarian and other languages as a form of the name David.
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Daric
The Daric was a high-purity gold coin of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, widely used across its territories and emblematic of its economic power.
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D.
Stříbro
Stříbro is a historic town in the western Czech Republic known for its medieval architecture and former silver mining.
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E.
Copper Horse statue
The Copper Horse statue is a prominent equestrian monument of King George III that stands on Snow Hill overlooking Windsor Castle in Windsor Great Park, England.
- 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: David (bronze) Target entity description: David (bronze) is a renowned early Renaissance bronze sculpture by Donatello depicting the biblical hero David in a youthful, contemplative pose.
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A.
Bronze Ball
The Bronze Ball is the FIFA Club World Cup’s third-place individual award given to one of the tournament’s best-performing players.
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B.
Dávid
Dávid is a given name, commonly used in Hungarian and other languages as a form of the name David.
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C.
Daric
The Daric was a high-purity gold coin of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, widely used across its territories and emblematic of its economic power.
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D.
Stříbro
Stříbro is a historic town in the western Czech Republic known for its medieval architecture and former silver mining.
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E.
Copper Horse statue
The Copper Horse statue is a prominent equestrian monument of King George III that stands on Snow Hill overlooking Windsor Castle in Windsor Great Park, England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Renaissance artwork
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bronze sculpture ⓘ sculpture ⓘ |
| artForm | statue ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance |
first unsupported standing bronze nude statue of the Renaissance
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one of the earliest freestanding nude sculptures since antiquity ⓘ |
| artworkStyle | Italian Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Medici political symbolism
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Republic of Florence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castingTechnique | lost-wax casting ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Cosimo de' Medici NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| completionDate | c. 1440s ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | well preserved ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| creator | Donatello NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Florentine Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentOwner | Italian state NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictionType | full-length figure ⓘ |
| depicts | David (biblical figure) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | Renaissance sculpture ⓘ |
| hasPart |
sword held by David
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wreath on Goliath's helmet ⓘ |
| height | about 158 cm ⓘ |
| iconography |
triumph of virtue over tyranny
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victory of the weak over the strong ⓘ |
| inception | c. 1440s ⓘ |
| influenced | later Renaissance depictions of David ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Gothic sculpture
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classical antiquity ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Italian ⓘ |
| locatedInMuseumCollection | Bargello sculpture collection ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Florence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTheCountry | Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Museo Nazionale del Bargello NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialUsed | bronze ⓘ |
| movement | Early Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
David wearing a hat
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David wearing boots ⓘ Goliath's severed head at David's feet ⓘ contemplative expression ⓘ youthful appearance of David ⓘ |
| nudity | male nude ⓘ |
| orientation | standing figure ⓘ |
| originallyCreatedFor | Medici family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | Quattrocento NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pose | contrapposto ⓘ |
| subjectHeading | Biblical hero David NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleInItalian | David NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: David (bronze) Description of subject: David (bronze) is a renowned early Renaissance bronze sculpture by Donatello depicting the biblical hero David in a youthful, contemplative pose.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.