Madonna of the Carnation

E120014

Renaissance painting painting religious painting

Madonna of the Carnation is an early Renaissance oil painting by Leonardo da Vinci depicting the Virgin Mary tenderly holding the Christ Child, who reaches for a symbolic red carnation.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Madonna of the Carnation canonical	3
Madonna with a Flower	2
Madonna with the Carnation	2
Madonna mit der Nelke	1
The Madonna of the Carnation	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1033251 — 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: Madonna of the Carnation
Context triple: [Leonardo da Vinci, notableWork, Madonna of the Carnation]

A. Madonna of the Chair
Madonna of the Chair is a celebrated circular Renaissance painting by Raphael depicting the Virgin Mary tenderly embracing the Christ Child, renowned for its warmth, intimacy, and harmonious composition.
B. Madonna of the Meadow
Madonna of the Meadow is a renowned early 16th-century painting by Raphael depicting the Virgin Mary with the Christ Child and John the Baptist in a serene landscape, celebrated for its harmonious composition and delicate use of color.
C. Madonna of the Goldfinch
Madonna of the Goldfinch is a renowned early 16th-century painting by Raphael depicting the Virgin Mary with the Christ Child and young John the Baptist in a serene landscape, celebrated for its harmonious composition and delicate detail.
D. The Rose
The Rose is a 1979 musical drama film starring Bette Midler as a self-destructive rock singer, widely acclaimed for her powerful performance and the hit title song.
E. La Pasionaria
La Pasionaria was the famous nom de guerre of Spanish Republican leader and orator Dolores Ibárruri, renowned for her passionate anti-fascist speeches during the Spanish Civil War.
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: Madonna of the Carnation
Target entity description: Madonna of the Carnation is an early Renaissance oil painting by Leonardo da Vinci depicting the Virgin Mary tenderly holding the Christ Child, who reaches for a symbolic red carnation.

A. Madonna of the Chair
Madonna of the Chair is a celebrated circular Renaissance painting by Raphael depicting the Virgin Mary tenderly embracing the Christ Child, renowned for its warmth, intimacy, and harmonious composition.
B. Madonna of the Meadow
Madonna of the Meadow is a renowned early 16th-century painting by Raphael depicting the Virgin Mary with the Christ Child and John the Baptist in a serene landscape, celebrated for its harmonious composition and delicate use of color.
C. Madonna of the Goldfinch
Madonna of the Goldfinch is a renowned early 16th-century painting by Raphael depicting the Virgin Mary with the Christ Child and young John the Baptist in a serene landscape, celebrated for its harmonious composition and delicate detail.
D. The Rose
The Rose is a 1979 musical drama film starring Bette Midler as a self-destructive rock singer, widely acclaimed for her powerful performance and the hit title song.
E. La Pasionaria
La Pasionaria was the famous nom de guerre of Spanish Republican leader and orator Dolores Ibárruri, renowned for her passionate anti-fascist speeches during the Spanish Civil War.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Renaissance painting ⓘ painting ⓘ religious painting ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Madonna with a Flower ⓘ linked to: Madonna of the Carnation Madonna with the Carnation ⓘ linked to: Madonna of the Carnation
artForm	easel painting ⓘ
artHistoricalPeriod	High Quattrocento ⓘ linked to: Quattrocento
collection	Alte Pinakothek collection ⓘ
colorPalette	warm tones with strong contrasts ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Italy ⓘ
creator	Leonardo da Vinci ⓘ
currentOwner	Bavarian State Painting Collections ⓘ
depictionStyle	sfumato ⓘ
depicts	Christ Child ⓘ linked to: Child Jesus Virgin Mary ⓘ red carnation ⓘ
depictsGesture	Christ Child reaching for a carnation ⓘ Virgin Mary tenderly holding the Child ⓘ
depictsObject	landscape background ⓘ window opening in the background ⓘ
genre	Christian art ⓘ
iconographicType	seated Madonna ⓘ
iconography	Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child ⓘ
inception	circa 1478 ⓘ
influencedBy	Andrea del Verrocchio ⓘ
locatedIn	Germany ⓘ Munich ⓘ
location	Alte Pinakothek ⓘ linked to: Alte Pinakothek, Munich
material	oil paint ⓘ wood ⓘ
medium	oil on panel ⓘ
movement	Early Renaissance ⓘ linked to: Renaissance
notableFor	early use of Leonardo’s characteristic sfumato ⓘ intimate interaction between Mary and the Child ⓘ
originalTitle	Madonna mit der Nelke ⓘ linked to: Madonna of the Carnation
painter	Leonardo da Vinci ⓘ
periodInArtistCareer	early work of Leonardo da Vinci ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
school	Florentine school ⓘ
style	Italian Renaissance style ⓘ
subject	Madonna and Child ⓘ
support	wood panel ⓘ
symbolism	red carnation as symbol of Christ’s Passion ⓘ
theme	mother and child ⓘ
title	Madonna of the Carnation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

Leonardo da Vinci → notableWork → Madonna of the Carnation ⓘ

Madonna of the Carnation → title → Madonna of the Carnation ⓘ

Madonna of the Carnation → originalTitle → Madonna mit der Nelke ⓘ