Vase with Twelve Sunflowers (Munich)

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oil painting painting

Vase with Twelve Sunflowers (Munich) is an 1888 oil painting by Vincent van Gogh, part of his famous Sunflowers series, depicting a vibrant bouquet of sunflowers in a simple vase.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Vase with Twelve Sunflowers	2
Vase with Twelve Sunflowers (Paris)	2
Sunflowers (London, National Gallery)	1
Sunflowers (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam)	1
Sunflowers (twelve sunflowers in a vase)	1
Vase with Twelve Sunflowers (Munich) canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T919863 — 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: Vase with Twelve Sunflowers (Munich)
Context triple: [Sunflowers, hasNotableWork, Vase with Twelve Sunflowers (Munich)]

A. Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers
Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers is a famous still-life painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting a vibrant bouquet of sunflowers in a simple vase.
B. Vase with Five Sunflowers
Vase with Five Sunflowers is a famous still-life painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting a vibrant bouquet of sunflowers in a simple vase.
C. Vase with Three Sunflowers
Vase with Three Sunflowers is a still-life painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting a simple arrangement of sunflowers in a vase, part of his iconic sunflower series.
D. The Painter's Studio
The Painter's Studio is a large, allegorical 1855 oil painting by Gustave Courbet that presents a symbolic panorama of mid-19th-century French society gathered around the artist at work.
E. Souvenirs sur Van Gogh
Souvenirs sur Van Gogh is a memoir by French painter Émile Bernard that offers personal recollections and insights into the life and work of Vincent van Gogh.
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: Vase with Twelve Sunflowers (Munich)
Target entity description: Vase with Twelve Sunflowers (Munich) is an 1888 oil painting by Vincent van Gogh, part of his famous Sunflowers series, depicting a vibrant bouquet of sunflowers in a simple vase.

A. Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers
Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers is a famous still-life painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting a vibrant bouquet of sunflowers in a simple vase.
B. Vase with Five Sunflowers
Vase with Five Sunflowers is a famous still-life painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting a vibrant bouquet of sunflowers in a simple vase.
C. Vase with Three Sunflowers
Vase with Three Sunflowers is a still-life painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting a simple arrangement of sunflowers in a vase, part of his iconic sunflower series.
D. The Painter's Studio
The Painter's Studio is a large, allegorical 1855 oil painting by Gustave Courbet that presents a symbolic panorama of mid-19th-century French society gathered around the artist at work.
E. Souvenirs sur Van Gogh
Souvenirs sur Van Gogh is a memoir by French painter Émile Bernard that offers personal recollections and insights into the life and work of Vincent van Gogh.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	oil painting ⓘ painting ⓘ
alternativeTitle	Sunflowers (Munich) ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance	one of the best‑known works in Van Gogh’s Sunflowers series ⓘ
associatedTheme	experimentation with color contrasts ⓘ transience of life ⓘ
associatedWith	decorations for the Yellow House in Arles ⓘ
cataloguedAs	one of Van Gogh’s sunflower still lifes of 1888 ⓘ
colorPalette	blue background ⓘ yellow tones ⓘ
createdIn	Arles ⓘ France ⓘ
creator	Vincent van Gogh ⓘ
creatorBirthName	Vincent Willem van Gogh ⓘ linked to: Vincent van Gogh
creatorNationality	Dutch ⓘ
culturalContext	Western art ⓘ
depicts	sunflowers ⓘ vase ⓘ
dimensionType	rectangular format ⓘ
displayedAt	Neue Pinakothek, Munich ⓘ
exhibitionType	permanent collection display ⓘ
genre	still life ⓘ
hasArtStyleCharacteristic	bold brushwork ⓘ expressive composition ⓘ strong color contrasts ⓘ
hasSubject	cut flowers ⓘ
imageType	two‑dimensional artwork ⓘ
inception	1888 ⓘ
influencedBy	Impressionism ⓘ
inscriptionLanguage	none or minimal ⓘ
locatedIn	Germany ⓘ Munich ⓘ
location	Neue Pinakothek ⓘ linked to: Neue Pinakothek, Munich
materialUsed	oil paint ⓘ
movement	Post‑Impressionism ⓘ
notableWorkOf	Vincent van Gogh ⓘ
numberOfFlowersDepicted	12 ⓘ
owner	Bavarian State Painting Collections ⓘ
partOf	Van Gogh’s Arles period works ⓘ linked to: Arles period of Vincent van Gogh
series	Sunflowers (paintings) ⓘ linked to: Sunflowers
support	canvas ⓘ
technique	impasto ⓘ
title	Vase with Twelve Sunflowers ⓘ linked to: Vase with Twelve Sunflowers (Munich)

How these facts were elicited