Saint Sebastian (Louvre)
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Saint Sebastian (Louvre) is a renowned Renaissance painting by Andrea Mantegna depicting the Christian martyr Saint Sebastian bound and pierced with arrows, notable for its dramatic realism and classical architectural setting.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Saint Sebastian (Louvre) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10541270 — 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: Saint Sebastian (Louvre) Context triple: [Andrea Mantegna, notableWork, Saint Sebastian (Louvre)]
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A.
Madonna of St. Jerome
Madonna of St. Jerome is a renowned High Renaissance altarpiece by Correggio depicting the Virgin and Child surrounded by saints in a harmonious, softly lit composition.
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B.
Saint Sebastian Tended by Saint Irene
Saint Sebastian Tended by Saint Irene is a 17th-century nocturnal religious painting by Georges de La Tour, renowned for its dramatic candlelit depiction of Saint Irene caring for the wounded Saint Sebastian.
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C.
The Virgin of the Rocks
The Virgin of the Rocks is a renowned Renaissance painting by Leonardo da Vinci depicting the Virgin Mary with the Christ Child, the infant John the Baptist, and an angel in a mysterious rocky landscape.
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D.
Salvator mundi
Salvator mundi is a choral work by Renaissance composer Thomas Tallis that sets a Latin hymn text in rich polyphonic style.
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E.
Bust of Buffon
Bust of Buffon is a neoclassical portrait sculpture by Jean-Antoine Houdon depicting the French naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon.
- 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: Saint Sebastian (Louvre) Target entity description: Saint Sebastian (Louvre) is a renowned Renaissance painting by Andrea Mantegna depicting the Christian martyr Saint Sebastian bound and pierced with arrows, notable for its dramatic realism and classical architectural setting.
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A.
Madonna of St. Jerome
Madonna of St. Jerome is a renowned High Renaissance altarpiece by Correggio depicting the Virgin and Child surrounded by saints in a harmonious, softly lit composition.
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B.
Saint Sebastian Tended by Saint Irene
Saint Sebastian Tended by Saint Irene is a 17th-century nocturnal religious painting by Georges de La Tour, renowned for its dramatic candlelit depiction of Saint Irene caring for the wounded Saint Sebastian.
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C.
The Virgin of the Rocks
The Virgin of the Rocks is a renowned Renaissance painting by Leonardo da Vinci depicting the Virgin Mary with the Christ Child, the infant John the Baptist, and an angel in a mysterious rocky landscape.
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D.
Salvator mundi
Salvator mundi is a choral work by Renaissance composer Thomas Tallis that sets a Latin hymn text in rich polyphonic style.
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E.
Bust of Buffon
Bust of Buffon is a neoclassical portrait sculpture by Jean-Antoine Houdon depicting the French naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | painting ⓘ |
| artStyle |
classical style
ⓘ
dramatic realism ⓘ |
| collection | Louvre Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| creator | Andrea Mantegna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Italian ⓘ |
| depicts |
Christian martyrdom
ⓘ
Roman soldiers (implied) ⓘ Saint Sebastian NERFINISHED ⓘ arrows ⓘ bound male figure ⓘ classical architecture ⓘ ruins ⓘ |
| genre | Christian art ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Saint Sebastian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| iconography |
Saint Sebastian tied to a column
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martyr pierced with arrows ⓘ |
| inception | circa 1480 ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Italian ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
France
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Paris ⓘ |
| location | Louvre Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialUsed | tempera ⓘ |
| movement | Italian Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed rendering of stone and architecture
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dramatic anatomical realism ⓘ integration of classical ruins ⓘ |
| painter | Andrea Mantegna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Mantegna’s Saint Sebastian series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | 15th century ⓘ |
| subjectHeading | Saints in art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| support | panel ⓘ |
| theme |
Christian martyrdom
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faith under persecution ⓘ |
| useOfPerspective | linear perspective ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Saint Sebastian (Louvre) Description of subject: Saint Sebastian (Louvre) is a renowned Renaissance painting by Andrea Mantegna depicting the Christian martyr Saint Sebastian bound and pierced with arrows, notable for its dramatic realism and classical architectural setting.
Referenced by (1)
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