Judith by Gustav Klimt

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Symbolist artwork oil painting painting

"Judith" by Gustav Klimt is a famous early 20th-century Symbolist painting depicting the biblical figure Judith in a sensual, gold-adorned style characteristic of Klimt’s Golden Phase.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Judith by Gustav Klimt canonical	2
Gustav Klimt’s Judith series	1
Judith (Gustav Klimt)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1118789 — 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: Judith by Gustav Klimt
Context triple: [Belvedere Palace, Vienna, collectionIncludes, Judith by Gustav Klimt]

A. Juditha triumphans
Juditha triumphans is a sacred oratorio by Antonio Vivaldi that dramatizes the biblical story of Judith and Holofernes with richly expressive Baroque music.
B. Judith
Judith is a deuterocanonical book of the Bible that tells the story of a courageous Jewish widow who saves her people by beheading the Assyrian general Holofernes.
C. The Duchess of Alba by Francisco Goya
"The Duchess of Alba" by Francisco Goya is a celebrated late-18th-century portrait of María Cayetana de Silva, renowned for its psychological intensity, striking realism, and the enigmatic relationship it suggests between artist and sitter.
D. Portrait of Elisabeth Bas
Portrait of Elisabeth Bas is a 17th-century Dutch Golden Age painting by Ferdinand Bol, renowned for its detailed and dignified depiction of the Amsterdam widow and tobacco merchant Elisabeth Bas.
E. Rembrandt’s “Danaë”
Rembrandt’s “Danaë” is a renowned 17th-century oil painting depicting the mythological princess Danaë, celebrated for its dramatic use of light and emotional realism.
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: Judith by Gustav Klimt
Target entity description: "Judith" by Gustav Klimt is a famous early 20th-century Symbolist painting depicting the biblical figure Judith in a sensual, gold-adorned style characteristic of Klimt’s Golden Phase.

A. Juditha triumphans
Juditha triumphans is a sacred oratorio by Antonio Vivaldi that dramatizes the biblical story of Judith and Holofernes with richly expressive Baroque music.
B. Judith
Judith is a deuterocanonical book of the Bible that tells the story of a courageous Jewish widow who saves her people by beheading the Assyrian general Holofernes.
C. The Duchess of Alba by Francisco Goya
"The Duchess of Alba" by Francisco Goya is a celebrated late-18th-century portrait of María Cayetana de Silva, renowned for its psychological intensity, striking realism, and the enigmatic relationship it suggests between artist and sitter.
D. Portrait of Elisabeth Bas
Portrait of Elisabeth Bas is a 17th-century Dutch Golden Age painting by Ferdinand Bol, renowned for its detailed and dignified depiction of the Amsterdam widow and tobacco merchant Elisabeth Bas.
E. Rembrandt’s “Danaë”
Rembrandt’s “Danaë” is a renowned 17th-century oil painting depicting the mythological princess Danaë, celebrated for its dramatic use of light and emotional realism.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Symbolist artwork ⓘ oil painting ⓘ painting ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Judith I ⓘ
artStyle	decorative ⓘ ornamental ⓘ
collection	Belvedere Museum ⓘ linked to: Österreichische Galerie Belvedere
colorPalette	gold-dominated ⓘ
copyrightStatus	public domain ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Austria ⓘ
creator	Gustav Klimt ⓘ
depicts	Judith ⓘ biblical heroine ⓘ femme fatale archetype ⓘ severed head of Holofernes ⓘ
genre	biblical painting ⓘ portrait ⓘ
hasFollowUpWork	Judith II ⓘ
height	84 cm ⓘ
inception	1901 ⓘ
influencedBy	Byzantine mosaics ⓘ linked to: Byzantine art fin-de-siècle Symbolism ⓘ
locatedIn	Belvedere Museum ⓘ linked to: Österreichische Galerie Belvedere
locationCity	Vienna ⓘ
locationCountry	Austria ⓘ
materialUsed	gold leaf ⓘ oil paint ⓘ
movement	Symbolism ⓘ Vienna Secession ⓘ
notableFeature	closed eyes and parted lips of Judith ⓘ extensive use of gold leaf ⓘ half-length female figure ⓘ ornate patterned background ⓘ sensual representation of Judith ⓘ
orientation	portrait format ⓘ
originalLanguageTitle	German ⓘ
partOf	Klimt's Golden Phase ⓘ linked to: Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I
period	early 20th century ⓘ
shortTitle	Judith I ⓘ
support	canvas ⓘ
theme	Old Testament story ⓘ eroticism ⓘ female power ⓘ violence ⓘ
title	Judith und Holofernes ⓘ linked to: Judith and Holofernes
width	42 cm ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Belvedere Palace, Vienna → collectionIncludes → Judith by Gustav Klimt ⓘ

Belvedere → notableWorkInCollection → Judith (Gustav Klimt) ⓘ

linked to: Judith by Gustav Klimt

Upper Belvedere → notableWork → Judith by Gustav Klimt ⓘ

Judith II → partOf → Gustav Klimt’s Judith series ⓘ