The Vision of the Sermon (Jacob Wrestling with the Angel)

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Post-Impressionist painting painting

The Vision of the Sermon (Jacob Wrestling with the Angel) is an 1888 Post-Impressionist painting by Paul Gauguin that depicts Breton women witnessing a biblical struggle in a boldly flattened, symbolic red landscape.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Jacob wrestling with the angel	2
The Vision of the Sermon (Jacob Wrestling with the Angel) canonical	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T564301 — 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 Vision of the Sermon (Jacob Wrestling with the Angel)
Context triple: [Paul Gauguin, notableWork, The Vision of the Sermon (Jacob Wrestling with the Angel)]

A. Joseph and His Brothers
Joseph and His Brothers is a monumental four-part novel cycle by Thomas Mann that retells and elaborates the biblical story of Joseph with rich psychological, historical, and mythological detail.
B. Blessing of Moses
Blessing of Moses is a biblical poetic passage in which Moses delivers final prophetic blessings to the tribes of Israel before his death.
C. Song of Moses
The Song of Moses is a biblical hymn in Deuteronomy that poetically recounts God's faithfulness and Israel's unfaithfulness, serving as a covenantal witness and warning to the people of Israel.
D. Jacob's ladder
Jacob's ladder is the biblical vision of a stairway or ladder reaching between earth and heaven, seen by the patriarch Jacob and symbolizing the connection between God and humanity.
E. Prayer of Manasseh
The Prayer of Manasseh is a short penitential text attributed to King Manasseh of Judah, preserved in some Christian traditions as a powerful example of repentance and divine mercy.
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 Vision of the Sermon (Jacob Wrestling with the Angel)
Target entity description: The Vision of the Sermon (Jacob Wrestling with the Angel) is an 1888 Post-Impressionist painting by Paul Gauguin that depicts Breton women witnessing a biblical struggle in a boldly flattened, symbolic red landscape.

A. Joseph and His Brothers
Joseph and His Brothers is a monumental four-part novel cycle by Thomas Mann that retells and elaborates the biblical story of Joseph with rich psychological, historical, and mythological detail.
B. Blessing of Moses
Blessing of Moses is a biblical poetic passage in which Moses delivers final prophetic blessings to the tribes of Israel before his death.
C. Song of Moses
The Song of Moses is a biblical hymn in Deuteronomy that poetically recounts God's faithfulness and Israel's unfaithfulness, serving as a covenantal witness and warning to the people of Israel.
D. Jacob's ladder
Jacob's ladder is the biblical vision of a stairway or ladder reaching between earth and heaven, seen by the patriarch Jacob and symbolizing the connection between God and humanity.
E. Prayer of Manasseh
The Prayer of Manasseh is a short penitential text attributed to King Manasseh of Judah, preserved in some Christian traditions as a powerful example of repentance and divine mercy.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Post-Impressionist painting ⓘ painting ⓘ
alternativeTitle	Vision After the Sermon ⓘ surface form: La Vision du sermon
artHistoricalSignificance	important example of Synthetist style ⓘ key work of Gauguin’s Pont-Aven period ⓘ
artisticFeature	flattened pictorial space ⓘ strong outlines ⓘ symbolic color ⓘ
artMovementContext	Post-Impressionism in France ⓘ Symbolism ⓘ
chronologyWithinOeuvre	early major religious work by Paul Gauguin ⓘ
collection	National Galleries of Scotland ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	France ⓘ
creator	Paul Gauguin ⓘ
creatorNationality	French ⓘ
depicts	Breton traditional costumes ⓘ Breton women ⓘ The Vision of the Sermon (Jacob Wrestling with the Angel) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Jacob wrestling with the angel biblical scene ⓘ landscape with red ground ⓘ religious devotion ⓘ religious vision ⓘ tree trunk dividing composition ⓘ women at prayer ⓘ
genre	religious painting ⓘ symbolist painting ⓘ
inception	1888 ⓘ
inspiredBy	Bible ⓘ Book of Genesis ⓘ
languageOfTitle	French ⓘ
locatedIn	Edinburgh ⓘ
location	National Galleries of Scotland ⓘ surface form: National Gallery of Scotland
mainSubject	Jacob ⓘ angel ⓘ
medium	oil paint ⓘ
movement	Post-Impressionism ⓘ
placeOfCreation	Pont-Aven ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
style	Cloisonnism ⓘ
support	canvas ⓘ
theme	struggle between human and divine ⓘ visionary experience ⓘ
title	The Vision of the Sermon (Jacob Wrestling with the Angel) self-link ⓘ
usesColor	bold red ground ⓘ flat areas of color ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Paul Gauguin → notableWork → The Vision of the Sermon (Jacob Wrestling with the Angel) ⓘ

Vision After the Sermon → depicts → The Vision of the Sermon (Jacob Wrestling with the Angel) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jacob wrestling with the angel

The Vision of the Sermon (Jacob Wrestling with the Angel) → title → The Vision of the Sermon (Jacob Wrestling with the Angel) self-link ⓘ

The Vision of the Sermon (Jacob Wrestling with the Angel) → depicts → The Vision of the Sermon (Jacob Wrestling with the Angel) self-linksurface differs ⓘ