Nicolas Rolin
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Nicolas Rolin was a powerful 15th-century Burgundian chancellor and patron of the arts, best known for commissioning major works such as Jan van Eyck’s "Madonna of Chancellor Rolin."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Nicolas Rolin canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9737416 — 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: Nicolas Rolin Context triple: [Madonna of Chancellor Rolin, depicts, Nicolas Rolin]
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A.
Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples
Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples was a French humanist and early biblical scholar whose vernacular translations and reform-minded theology helped lay intellectual foundations for the Protestant Reformation.
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B.
Guillaume Budé
Guillaume Budé was a leading French Renaissance humanist, scholar, and royal librarian whose work on Greek studies and legal humanism significantly shaped French intellectual life in the early 16th century.
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C.
Michel Valla
Michel Valla is a French local politician who serves as the mayor of the town of Privas in the Ardèche department.
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D.
Jean de Gassion
Jean de Gassion was a prominent 17th-century French cavalry commander and marshal of France, noted for his aggressive tactics during the Thirty Years' War.
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E.
Grégoire de Lasteyrie
Grégoire de Lasteyrie is a French politician known for serving as the mayor of the Paris-region commune of Palaiseau.
- 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: Nicolas Rolin Target entity description: Nicolas Rolin was a powerful 15th-century Burgundian chancellor and patron of the arts, best known for commissioning major works such as Jan van Eyck’s "Madonna of Chancellor Rolin."
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A.
Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples
Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples was a French humanist and early biblical scholar whose vernacular translations and reform-minded theology helped lay intellectual foundations for the Protestant Reformation.
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B.
Guillaume Budé
Guillaume Budé was a leading French Renaissance humanist, scholar, and royal librarian whose work on Greek studies and legal humanism significantly shaped French intellectual life in the early 16th century.
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C.
Michel Valla
Michel Valla is a French local politician who serves as the mayor of the town of Privas in the Ardèche department.
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D.
Jean de Gassion
Jean de Gassion was a prominent 17th-century French cavalry commander and marshal of France, noted for his aggressive tactics during the Thirty Years' War.
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E.
Grégoire de Lasteyrie
Grégoire de Lasteyrie is a French politician known for serving as the mayor of the Paris-region commune of Palaiseau.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Burgundian statesman
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human ⓘ patron of the arts ⓘ |
| coFounderOf | Hôtel-Dieu de Beaune NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissioned |
Last Judgment polyptych (Hospices de Beaune)
NERFINISHED
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Madonna of Chancellor Rolin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Duchy of Burgundy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1376 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1462-01-18 ⓘ |
| depictedIn | Madonna of Chancellor Rolin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Duchy of Burgundy
NERFINISHED
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Philip the Good NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Rolin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Nicolas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageUsed | French ⓘ |
| memberOf | Burgundian court NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Burgundian School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | French ⓘ |
| notableFor |
patronage of religious art
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philanthropy ⓘ political influence in 15th-century Burgundy ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Hospices de Beaune
NERFINISHED
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Hôtel-Dieu de Beaune NERFINISHED ⓘ Madonna of Chancellor Rolin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
chancellor
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lawyer ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Burgundian expansion in the 15th century
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administration of Philip the Good NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| patronOf |
Burgundian painters
NERFINISHED
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Jan van Eyck NERFINISHED ⓘ Rogier van der Weyden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Autun
NERFINISHED
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Duchy of Burgundy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Autun
NERFINISHED
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Duchy of Burgundy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Chancellor of Burgundy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholicism
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| residence |
Autun
NERFINISHED
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Beaune NERFINISHED ⓘ Dijon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Guigone de Salins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Bruges
NERFINISHED
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Brussels, Belgium ⓘ
surface form:
Brussels
Dijon NERFINISHED ⓘ Lille NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Nicolas Rolin Description of subject: Nicolas Rolin was a powerful 15th-century Burgundian chancellor and patron of the arts, best known for commissioning major works such as Jan van Eyck’s "Madonna of Chancellor Rolin."
Referenced by (2)
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