The Lacemaker
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The Lacemaker is a small, intimate 17th-century genre painting by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer depicting a young woman absorbed in the delicate craft of lace-making.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Lacemaker canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T104147 — 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: The Lacemaker Context triple: [Johannes Vermeer, notableWork, The Lacemaker]
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A.
The Milkmaid
The Milkmaid is a celebrated 17th-century Dutch genre painting by Johannes Vermeer depicting a domestic servant quietly pouring milk in a kitchen interior.
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B.
The Music Lesson
The Music Lesson is a 17th-century genre painting by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer, depicting an intimate scene of music-making in a meticulously rendered domestic interior.
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C.
The Old Guitarist
The Old Guitarist is a famous Blue Period painting by Pablo Picasso depicting a gaunt, blind musician hunched over his guitar, known for its somber mood and monochromatic blue palette.
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D.
Harrow Songs
Harrow Songs are a celebrated collection of traditional school songs closely associated with the culture and history of Harrow School in England.
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E.
The Maine Woods
The Maine Woods is a posthumously published collection of Henry David Thoreau’s essays recounting his mid-19th-century journeys into the forests of Maine, blending natural history, travel narrative, and philosophical reflection on wilderness.
- 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: The Lacemaker Target entity description: The Lacemaker is a small, intimate 17th-century genre painting by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer depicting a young woman absorbed in the delicate craft of lace-making.
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A.
The Milkmaid
The Milkmaid is a celebrated 17th-century Dutch genre painting by Johannes Vermeer depicting a domestic servant quietly pouring milk in a kitchen interior.
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B.
The Music Lesson
The Music Lesson is a 17th-century genre painting by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer, depicting an intimate scene of music-making in a meticulously rendered domestic interior.
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C.
The Old Guitarist
The Old Guitarist is a famous Blue Period painting by Pablo Picasso depicting a gaunt, blind musician hunched over his guitar, known for its somber mood and monochromatic blue palette.
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D.
Harrow Songs
Harrow Songs are a celebrated collection of traditional school songs closely associated with the culture and history of Harrow School in England.
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E.
The Maine Woods
The Maine Woods is a posthumously published collection of Henry David Thoreau’s essays recounting his mid-19th-century journeys into the forests of Maine, blending natural history, travel narrative, and philosophical reflection on wilderness.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genre painting
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painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance |
celebrated example of Vermeer’s treatment of domestic interiors
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one of Vermeer’s smallest paintings ⓘ |
| artist | Johannes Vermeer ⓘ |
| artStyle | Baroque ⓘ |
| cataloguedIn |
Vermeer catalogues raisonnés
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linked to:
Johannes Vermeer
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| collection |
Musée du Louvre
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linked to:
Louvre Museum
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| colorPalette |
subdued colors
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warm tones ⓘ |
| completionDate | c. 1670 ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Dutch Republic ⓘ |
| creator | Johannes Vermeer ⓘ |
| depicts |
bobbin lace-making
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domestic interior ⓘ needlework ⓘ young woman making lace ⓘ |
| feature |
careful rendering of threads and lace
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concentrated female figure ⓘ intimate scale ⓘ shallow pictorial space ⓘ soft, diffused light ⓘ strong focus on hands and tools ⓘ |
| genre | genre painting ⓘ |
| hasBeenExhibitedAt | Louvre Museum permanent collection ⓘ |
| height | 24.5 cm ⓘ |
| inception | c. 1669–1670 ⓘ |
| influenced | later depictions of women at work in domestic interiors ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Dutch ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Paris ⓘ |
| location | Louvre Museum ⓘ |
| mainSubject | lacemaker ⓘ |
| materialUsed | oil paint ⓘ |
| medium | oil on canvas ⓘ |
| movement | Dutch Golden Age painting ⓘ |
| orientation | portrait format ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
De kantwerkster
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linked to:
The Seamstress
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| partOf | Johannes Vermeer oeuvre ⓘ |
| surface | canvas ⓘ |
| theme |
concentration and absorption
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craftsmanship ⓘ domestic virtue ⓘ female labor ⓘ |
| title | The Lacemaker ⓘ |
| width | 21 cm ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: The Lacemaker Description of subject: The Lacemaker is a small, intimate 17th-century genre painting by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer depicting a young woman absorbed in the delicate craft of lace-making.
Referenced by (6)
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