The Abduction of Deianira
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The Abduction of Deianira is a mythological painting by French Neoclassical artist Louis Lagrenée depicting the dramatic kidnapping of Deianira by the centaur Nessus.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Abduction of Deianira canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5158543 — 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: The Abduction of Deianira Context triple: [Louis Lagrenée, notableWork, The Abduction of Deianira]
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A.
The Women of Trachis
The Women of Trachis is an ancient Greek tragedy by Sophocles that dramatizes the tragic fate of Heracles and his wife Deianeira, exploring themes of love, jealousy, and unintended destruction.
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B.
Hercules Furens
Hercules Furens is a Latin tragedy by the Roman philosopher and playwright Seneca the Younger that dramatizes the madness and violent exploits of the hero Hercules.
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The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus
The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus is a dramatic Baroque painting by Peter Paul Rubens depicting the mythological abduction of Leucippus’s daughters by the Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux.
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D.
The Choice of Hercules
The Choice of Hercules is a late 16th-century allegorical painting by Annibale Carracci depicting the hero Hercules choosing between the paths of virtue and vice.
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E.
The Sacrifice of Iphigenia
The Sacrifice of Iphigenia is a painting by French Rococo artist Charles Coypel depicting the tragic mythological moment when Agamemnon must decide whether to sacrifice his daughter Iphigenia to appease the gods.
- 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: The Abduction of Deianira Target entity description: The Abduction of Deianira is a mythological painting by French Neoclassical artist Louis Lagrenée depicting the dramatic kidnapping of Deianira by the centaur Nessus.
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A.
The Women of Trachis
The Women of Trachis is an ancient Greek tragedy by Sophocles that dramatizes the tragic fate of Heracles and his wife Deianeira, exploring themes of love, jealousy, and unintended destruction.
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B.
Hercules Furens
Hercules Furens is a Latin tragedy by the Roman philosopher and playwright Seneca the Younger that dramatizes the madness and violent exploits of the hero Hercules.
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C.
The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus
The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus is a dramatic Baroque painting by Peter Paul Rubens depicting the mythological abduction of Leucippus’s daughters by the Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux.
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D.
The Choice of Hercules
The Choice of Hercules is a late 16th-century allegorical painting by Annibale Carracci depicting the hero Hercules choosing between the paths of virtue and vice.
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E.
The Sacrifice of Iphigenia
The Sacrifice of Iphigenia is a painting by French Rococo artist Charles Coypel depicting the tragic mythological moment when Agamemnon must decide whether to sacrifice his daughter Iphigenia to appease the gods.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mythological painting
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painting ⓘ |
| artForm | oil painting ⓘ |
| artGenre | mythological history painting ⓘ |
| artisticSchool | French school ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Greek mythology
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myth of Deianira and Nessus ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Louis Lagrenée NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | French ⓘ |
| depictionType | history painting ⓘ |
| depicts |
Deianira
NERFINISHED
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Nessus NERFINISHED ⓘ kidnapping of Deianira by Nessus ⓘ |
| depictsCharacterFromMythology |
Deianira
NERFINISHED
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Heracles NERFINISHED ⓘ Nessus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictsEvent | Nessus carrying off Deianira ⓘ |
| genre | Neoclassicism ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Louis Lagrenée NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMythologicalContext | Labors and life of Heracles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMythologicalSource |
story of Heracles and Deianira
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story of Nessus at the river Evenus ⓘ |
| hasTitleInLanguage | English ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | French ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Deianira
NERFINISHED
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Nessus NERFINISHED ⓘ centaur ⓘ |
| movement | French Neoclassicism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
abduction
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heroic myth ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| period | 18th century art ⓘ |
| portrays |
attempted rape
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struggle between woman and centaur ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | Greek mythological scene ⓘ |
| visualStyle | Neoclassical ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Abduction of Deianira Description of subject: The Abduction of Deianira is a mythological painting by French Neoclassical artist Louis Lagrenée depicting the dramatic kidnapping of Deianira by the centaur Nessus.
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