Charles de La Fosse
E82873
Charles de La Fosse was a prominent French Baroque painter known for his decorative ceiling and religious works, and for helping transition French art toward the Rococo style.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Charles de La Fosse canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T564419 — 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: Charles de La Fosse Context triple: [Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture, hadMember, Charles de La Fosse]
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A.
Charles-René de Bombelles
Charles-René de Bombelles was a French nobleman and military officer who became the third husband of Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma, Napoleon Bonaparte’s former empress.
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B.
Joseph-Gaspard Tascher de La Pagerie
Joseph-Gaspard Tascher de La Pagerie was a French colonial planter from Martinique best known as the father of Empress Joséphine, the first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte.
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C.
Charles-Michel Trudaine de la Sablière
Charles-Michel Trudaine de la Sablière was an 18th-century French aristocrat and influential patron of the arts known for supporting major Enlightenment-era artists and intellectuals.
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D.
Jacques de Maleville
Jacques de Maleville was a French jurist and politician who played a key role as one of the principal drafters of France’s Civil Code under Napoleon.
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E.
Auguste de Montferrand
Auguste de Montferrand was a 19th-century French-born architect best known for designing monumental neoclassical buildings in Russia, most notably in Saint Petersburg.
- 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: Charles de La Fosse Target entity description: Charles de La Fosse was a prominent French Baroque painter known for his decorative ceiling and religious works, and for helping transition French art toward the Rococo style.
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A.
Charles-René de Bombelles
Charles-René de Bombelles was a French nobleman and military officer who became the third husband of Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma, Napoleon Bonaparte’s former empress.
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B.
Joseph-Gaspard Tascher de La Pagerie
Joseph-Gaspard Tascher de La Pagerie was a French colonial planter from Martinique best known as the father of Empress Joséphine, the first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte.
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C.
Charles-Michel Trudaine de la Sablière
Charles-Michel Trudaine de la Sablière was an 18th-century French aristocrat and influential patron of the arts known for supporting major Enlightenment-era artists and intellectuals.
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D.
Jacques de Maleville
Jacques de Maleville was a French jurist and politician who played a key role as one of the principal drafters of France’s Civil Code under Napoleon.
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E.
Auguste de Montferrand
Auguste de Montferrand was a 19th-century French-born architect best known for designing monumental neoclassical buildings in Russia, most notably in Saint Petersburg.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French Baroque painter
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painter ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activeIn |
Ancien Régime
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surface form:
Ancien Régime France
|
| birthCountry | France ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1636-06-15 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Paris ⓘ |
| commissionedBy |
Louis XIV of France
ⓘ
surface form:
Louis XIV
|
| deathCountry | France ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1716-12-13 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Paris ⓘ |
| era |
17th century
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early 18th century ⓘ |
| genre |
allegorical painting
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mythological painting ⓘ religious art ⓘ |
| influenced | French Rococo painters ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Charles Le Brun
ⓘ
Veronese ⓘ
surface form:
Paolo Veronese
Titian ⓘ Venetian Renaissance ⓘ
surface form:
Venetian painting
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| knownFor |
decorative ceiling paintings
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helping transition French art toward the Rococo style ⓘ history paintings ⓘ religious paintings ⓘ |
| memberOf | Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture ⓘ |
| movement |
Baroque
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Rococo architecture ⓘ
surface form:
Rococo
|
| name | Charles de La Fosse self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Ceiling decorations of the Galerie d’Apollon in the Louvre
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surface form:
Ceiling decoration of the Salon d’Apollon, Louvre
Hôtel des Invalides ⓘ
surface form:
Ceiling of the dome of the Invalides church, Paris
Adoration of the Magi ⓘ
surface form:
The Adoration of the Magi
The Finding of Moses ⓘ The Rape of Proserpina ⓘ
surface form:
The Rape of Proserpine
|
| occupation |
decorative artist
ⓘ
painter ⓘ |
| patron | French royal court ⓘ |
| positionHeld | director of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture ⓘ |
| studentOf | Charles Le Brun ⓘ |
| style |
colorist
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decorative ⓘ |
| workLocation |
London, England
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surface form:
London
Paris ⓘ Rome ⓘ Venice ⓘ Versailles ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Charles de La Fosse Description of subject: Charles de La Fosse was a prominent French Baroque painter known for his decorative ceiling and religious works, and for helping transition French art toward the Rococo style.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Finding of Moses (Charles de La Fosse)