Cornaro Chapel

E99923

Baroque chapel Catholic chapel chapel

The Cornaro Chapel is a renowned Baroque chapel in Rome celebrated for Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s dramatic sculptural ensemble, especially the masterpiece "Ecstasy of Saint Teresa."

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Cornaro Chapel canonical	6
Cornaro family theater boxes	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T766472 — 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: Cornaro Chapel
Context triple: [Gian Lorenzo Bernini, notableWork, Cornaro Chapel]

A. Pietà Chapel
The Pietà Chapel is a side chapel within St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City, best known for housing Michelangelo’s renowned marble sculpture of the Pietà.
B. Basilica Palladiana
The Basilica Palladiana is a Renaissance civic building in Vicenza, Italy, renowned for its elegant arcaded loggias designed by architect Andrea Palladio.
C. Palazzo Rucellai
Palazzo Rucellai is a landmark 15th-century Florentine palace designed by Leon Battista Alberti, celebrated as an early and influential masterpiece of Italian Renaissance domestic architecture.
D. Villa d’Este
Villa d’Este is a renowned luxury hotel and former aristocratic residence on the shores of Lake Como in Italy, celebrated for its historic architecture and grand lakeside gardens.
E. Medici Chapel
The Medici Chapel is a richly decorated funerary chapel in Florence, Italy, renowned for Michelangelo’s sculptural and architectural masterpieces created for the powerful Medici family.
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: Cornaro Chapel
Target entity description: The Cornaro Chapel is a renowned Baroque chapel in Rome celebrated for Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s dramatic sculptural ensemble, especially the masterpiece "Ecstasy of Saint Teresa."

A. Pietà Chapel
The Pietà Chapel is a side chapel within St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City, best known for housing Michelangelo’s renowned marble sculpture of the Pietà.
B. Basilica Palladiana
The Basilica Palladiana is a Renaissance civic building in Vicenza, Italy, renowned for its elegant arcaded loggias designed by architect Andrea Palladio.
C. Palazzo Rucellai
Palazzo Rucellai is a landmark 15th-century Florentine palace designed by Leon Battista Alberti, celebrated as an early and influential masterpiece of Italian Renaissance domestic architecture.
D. Villa d’Este
Villa d’Este is a renowned luxury hotel and former aristocratic residence on the shores of Lake Como in Italy, celebrated for its historic architecture and grand lakeside gardens.
E. Medici Chapel
The Medici Chapel is a richly decorated funerary chapel in Florence, Italy, renowned for Michelangelo’s sculptural and architectural masterpieces created for the powerful Medici family.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Baroque chapel ⓘ Catholic chapel ⓘ chapel ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Baroque ⓘ
city	Rome ⓘ
commissionedBy	Cardinal Federico Cornaro ⓘ
completionTime	circa 1652 ⓘ
containsWork	Ecstasy of Saint Teresa ⓘ
country	Italy ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Teresa of Ávila ⓘ surface form: Saint Teresa of Ávila
denomination	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
designer	Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ
hasArtisticMovement	Italian Baroque ⓘ surface form: Roman Baroque
hasDepiction	angel piercing Saint Teresa with a golden arrow ⓘ
hasFeature	Cornaro family portrait reliefs ⓘ gilded bronze rays ⓘ hidden window for natural light ⓘ polychrome marble decoration ⓘ theatrical lighting effects ⓘ
hasFunction	family burial chapel ⓘ place of devotion ⓘ
hasGenre	religious art ⓘ
hasInfluenced	Baroque church decoration in Rome ⓘ
hasInscriptionLanguage	Latin ⓘ
hasMaterial	gilded bronze ⓘ marble ⓘ stucco ⓘ
hasPatron	Cornaro family ⓘ
hasSculpturalEnsemble	Ecstasy of Saint Teresa ⓘ
hasSideWalls	Cornaro Chapel self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Cornaro family theater boxes
hasSubject	mystical experience of Saint Teresa of Ávila ⓘ
hasType	funerary chapel ⓘ
heritageDesignation	part of the historic center of Rome ⓘ
locatedIn	Italy ⓘ Rome ⓘ Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome ⓘ surface form: Santa Maria della Vittoria
locatedInNeighborhood	Via XX Settembre area ⓘ
notableFor	dramatic integration of sculpture, architecture, and light ⓘ theatrical representation of religious ecstasy ⓘ
notableWork	Ecstasy of Saint Teresa ⓘ
partOf	Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome ⓘ surface form: Santa Maria della Vittoria Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome ⓘ surface form: interior of Santa Maria della Vittoria
period	17th century ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sculptor	Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ
startTime	1640s ⓘ
touristAttraction	yes ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Gian Lorenzo Bernini → notableWork → Cornaro Chapel ⓘ

Gian Lorenzo Bernini → designed → Cornaro Chapel ⓘ

Ecstasy of Saint Teresa → location → Cornaro Chapel ⓘ

Cornaro Chapel → hasSideWalls → Cornaro Chapel self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cornaro family theater boxes

Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome → hasChapel → Cornaro Chapel ⓘ

Cardinal Federico Cornaro → associatedWith → Cornaro Chapel ⓘ

subject surface form: Federico Cornaro

Cardinal Federico Cornaro → buriedIn → Cornaro Chapel ⓘ