Baptism (painting by Nicolas Poussin)
E462293
"Baptism" is a 17th-century religious painting by Nicolas Poussin depicting the Christian sacrament of baptism, created as part of his series on the Seven Sacraments.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Baptism (painting by Nicolas Poussin) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4665622 — 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: Baptism (painting by Nicolas Poussin) Context triple: [The Seven Sacraments, hasPart, Baptism (painting by Nicolas Poussin)]
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A.
The Baptism of Christ (San Gregorio)
The Baptism of Christ (San Gregorio) is a religious painting by Annibale Carracci depicting the baptism of Jesus, notable for its balanced composition and early Baroque naturalism.
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B.
Portrait of Antoine Watteau
"Portrait of Antoine Watteau" is an 18th-century pastel portrait by Venetian Rococo artist Rosalba Carriera depicting the French painter Jean-Antoine Watteau.
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C.
Portrait of Charles Le Brun
Portrait of Charles Le Brun is a Baroque-era painted likeness of the influential French painter and court artist Charles Le Brun, created by Nicolas de Largillière.
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D.
The Flight into Egypt (1609)
The Flight into Egypt (1609) is a small but influential nocturnal landscape painting by German artist Adam Elsheimer, celebrated for its pioneering use of naturalistic moonlight and starry sky effects in depicting the biblical scene.
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E.
The Adoration of the Shepherds
The Adoration of the Shepherds is a late 16th-century religious painting by El Greco that depicts the Nativity with his characteristic elongated figures and dramatic, mystical lighting.
- 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: Baptism (painting by Nicolas Poussin) Target entity description: "Baptism" is a 17th-century religious painting by Nicolas Poussin depicting the Christian sacrament of baptism, created as part of his series on the Seven Sacraments.
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A.
The Baptism of Christ (San Gregorio)
The Baptism of Christ (San Gregorio) is a religious painting by Annibale Carracci depicting the baptism of Jesus, notable for its balanced composition and early Baroque naturalism.
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B.
Portrait of Antoine Watteau
"Portrait of Antoine Watteau" is an 18th-century pastel portrait by Venetian Rococo artist Rosalba Carriera depicting the French painter Jean-Antoine Watteau.
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C.
Portrait of Charles Le Brun
Portrait of Charles Le Brun is a Baroque-era painted likeness of the influential French painter and court artist Charles Le Brun, created by Nicolas de Largillière.
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D.
The Flight into Egypt (1609)
The Flight into Egypt (1609) is a small but influential nocturnal landscape painting by German artist Adam Elsheimer, celebrated for its pioneering use of naturalistic moonlight and starry sky effects in depicting the biblical scene.
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E.
The Adoration of the Shepherds
The Adoration of the Shepherds is a late 16th-century religious painting by El Greco that depicts the Nativity with his characteristic elongated figures and dramatic, mystical lighting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
painting
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religious painting ⓘ |
| artForm | easel painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalContext | French Baroque classicism ⓘ |
| artisticSchool | Roman school NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artistNationality | French ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Gospel accounts of the Baptism of Christ
ⓘ
New Testament NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorPalette | muted tones ⓘ |
| compositionStyle | classical composition ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Nicolas Poussin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
Christian sacrament of baptism
ⓘ
baptism ⓘ |
| depictsEvent | Baptism of Christ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictsFigure |
God the Father
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Holy Spirit as a dove NERFINISHED ⓘ Jesus of Nazareth NERFINISHED ⓘ John the Baptist NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictsLocation | Jordan River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictsSacrament | baptism ⓘ |
| depictsSacramentNumber | first sacrament of initiation ⓘ |
| depictsSymbol |
Holy Spirit
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
water ⓘ |
| genre | religious art ⓘ |
| hasInfluence |
Italian Renaissance art
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
classical antiquity ⓘ |
| hasSeriesSubject | Seven Sacraments of the Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasType | oil painting ⓘ |
| iconographicType | Baptism of Christ in the Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle |
French
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Holy Spirit
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jesus Christ NERFINISHED ⓘ John the Baptist NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Baroque ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Seven Sacraments (series by Nicolas Poussin) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| seriesPosition | one of the Seven Sacraments ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
Gospel narrative
ⓘ
life of Christ ⓘ |
| theme |
Christian ritual
ⓘ
sacrament ⓘ salvation ⓘ spiritual rebirth ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Baptism (painting by Nicolas Poussin) Description of subject: "Baptism" is a 17th-century religious painting by Nicolas Poussin depicting the Christian sacrament of baptism, created as part of his series on the Seven Sacraments.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.