Fra Giovanni da Fiesole
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Fra Giovanni da Fiesole, better known as Fra Angelico, was a 15th-century Italian Dominican friar and early Renaissance painter renowned for his devoutly spiritual frescoes and altarpieces.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fra Giovanni da Fiesole canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5965462 — 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: Fra Giovanni da Fiesole Context triple: [Fra Angelico, alsoKnownAs, Fra Giovanni da Fiesole]
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A.
Giovanni da Cascia
Giovanni da Cascia was a 14th-century Italian composer of the Trecento period, known for his early contributions to the development of Italian secular polyphonic music.
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B.
Tomaso Poggio
Tomaso Poggio is an Italian-born neuroscientist and computational vision researcher known for his pioneering work in theoretical neuroscience, machine learning, and the study of visual perception.
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C.
Giovanni di Paolo Rucellai
Giovanni di Paolo Rucellai was a wealthy 15th-century Florentine merchant and prominent patron of Renaissance art and architecture.
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D.
Lorenzo Scupoli
Lorenzo Scupoli was a 16th-century Italian Theatine priest and spiritual writer best known for his influential ascetic work "The Spiritual Combat."
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E.
Giovanni Battista Sacchetti
Giovanni Battista Sacchetti was an 18th-century Italian architect best known for his influential work on major royal and religious buildings in Spain, including the Royal Palace of Madrid.
- 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: Fra Giovanni da Fiesole Target entity description: Fra Giovanni da Fiesole, better known as Fra Angelico, was a 15th-century Italian Dominican friar and early Renaissance painter renowned for his devoutly spiritual frescoes and altarpieces.
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A.
Giovanni da Cascia
Giovanni da Cascia was a 14th-century Italian composer of the Trecento period, known for his early contributions to the development of Italian secular polyphonic music.
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B.
Tomaso Poggio
Tomaso Poggio is an Italian-born neuroscientist and computational vision researcher known for his pioneering work in theoretical neuroscience, machine learning, and the study of visual perception.
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C.
Giovanni di Paolo Rucellai
Giovanni di Paolo Rucellai was a wealthy 15th-century Florentine merchant and prominent patron of Renaissance art and architecture.
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D.
Lorenzo Scupoli
Lorenzo Scupoli was a 16th-century Italian Theatine priest and spiritual writer best known for his influential ascetic work "The Spiritual Combat."
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E.
Giovanni Battista Sacchetti
Giovanni Battista Sacchetti was an 18th-century Italian architect best known for his influential work on major royal and religious buildings in Spain, including the Royal Palace of Madrid.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dominican friar
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Italian person ⓘ Renaissance artist ⓘ human ⓘ painter ⓘ |
| activeYears |
early 15th century
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mid 15th century ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Beato Angelico
NERFINISHED
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Fra Angelico NERFINISHED ⓘ Guido di Pietro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| beatifiedBy | Pope John Paul II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Santa Maria sopra Minerva NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| canonizationStatus | beatified ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Italy
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Republic of Florence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBeatification | 1982 ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | c. 1395 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1455-02-18 ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
altarpiece painting
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fresco painting ⓘ religious art ⓘ |
| genre |
Christian art
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devotional painting ⓘ |
| influenced | High Renaissance painters ⓘ |
| influencedBy | International Gothic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement |
Early Renaissance
NERFINISHED
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Italian Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Annunciation (San Marco, Florence)
NERFINISHED
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Coronation of the Virgin (Uffizi) NERFINISHED ⓘ Linen Weavers’ Guild Altarpiece NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicholas V Chapel frescoes NERFINISHED ⓘ San Marco Altarpiece NERFINISHED ⓘ The Last Judgment (Florence) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
friar
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painter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Mugello
NERFINISHED
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Tuscany NERFINISHED ⓘ Vicchio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Papal States
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rome ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholicism
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| religiousOrder |
Dominican Order
NERFINISHED
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Order of Preachers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style |
emphasis on spiritual expression
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use of luminous color ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Cortona
NERFINISHED
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Fiesole NERFINISHED ⓘ Florence NERFINISHED ⓘ Rome ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fra Giovanni da Fiesole Description of subject: Fra Giovanni da Fiesole, better known as Fra Angelico, was a 15th-century Italian Dominican friar and early Renaissance painter renowned for his devoutly spiritual frescoes and altarpieces.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.