Robert de Cotte
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Robert de Cotte was a prominent French architect of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, known for his role as Premier Architecte du Roi and for helping shape the transition from the Baroque to the Rococo style in royal and ecclesiastical buildings.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Robert de Cotte canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1018267 — 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: Robert de Cotte Context triple: [Académie royale d’architecture, notableMember, Robert de Cotte]
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A.
Jean-Baptiste Perronneau
Jean-Baptiste Perronneau was an 18th-century French painter renowned for his refined pastel portraits and subtle psychological characterizations of his sitters.
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B.
Charles-René de Bombelles
Charles-René de Bombelles was a French nobleman and military officer who became the third husband of Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma, Napoleon Bonaparte’s former empress.
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C.
Jean-Baptiste Le Blond
Jean-Baptiste Le Blond was a French architect and landscape designer of the early 18th century, known for bringing French formal garden and architectural styles to Russia under Peter the Great.
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D.
Jean-Baptiste Descamps
Jean-Baptiste Descamps was an 18th-century French painter, art historian, and writer best known for his biographical dictionary of artists and his role in art education.
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E.
André Campra
André Campra was a prominent French Baroque composer and conductor known for his influential operas and sacred music in late 17th- and early 18th-century France.
- 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: Robert de Cotte Target entity description: Robert de Cotte was a prominent French architect of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, known for his role as Premier Architecte du Roi and for helping shape the transition from the Baroque to the Rococo style in royal and ecclesiastical buildings.
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A.
Jean-Baptiste Perronneau
Jean-Baptiste Perronneau was an 18th-century French painter renowned for his refined pastel portraits and subtle psychological characterizations of his sitters.
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B.
Charles-René de Bombelles
Charles-René de Bombelles was a French nobleman and military officer who became the third husband of Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma, Napoleon Bonaparte’s former empress.
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C.
Jean-Baptiste Le Blond
Jean-Baptiste Le Blond was a French architect and landscape designer of the early 18th century, known for bringing French formal garden and architectural styles to Russia under Peter the Great.
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D.
Jean-Baptiste Descamps
Jean-Baptiste Descamps was an 18th-century French painter, art historian, and writer best known for his biographical dictionary of artists and his role in art education.
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E.
André Campra
André Campra was a prominent French Baroque composer and conductor known for his influential operas and sacred music in late 17th- and early 18th-century France.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French architect
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architect ⓘ human ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
French Baroque
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linked to:
French Baroque architecture
early Rococo ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1656-07-08 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1735-07-15 ⓘ |
| employer |
French royal court
ⓘ
Louis XIV of France ⓘ Louis XV of France ⓘ |
| era |
early 18th century
ⓘ
late 17th century ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
architecture
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ecclesiastical architecture ⓘ royal architecture ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
church architecture
ⓘ
palace architecture ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Jules Hardouin-Mansart ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| movement |
Baroque architecture
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linked to:
Baroque
Rococo architecture ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | French ⓘ |
| notableFor |
design of royal and ecclesiastical buildings in France
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helping shape French Rococo interiors ⓘ transition from Baroque to Rococo style ⓘ |
| notableRole |
director of royal building works in France
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key figure in French royal architectural policy ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Louvre Palace projects
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linked to:
Louvre Palace
Palace of Versailles ⓘ
linked to:
Château de Versailles
Royal Chapel of Versailles ⓘ interiors at the Palace of Versailles ⓘ royal residences in France ⓘ |
| occupation |
architect
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designer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Kingdom of France
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Paris ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Kingdom of France
ⓘ
Paris ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
First Architect to the King of France
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linked to:
Premier architecte du Roi
Premier Architecte du Roi ⓘ
linked to:
Premier architecte du Roi
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| relative | Jules Hardouin-Mansart ⓘ |
| studentOf | Jules Hardouin-Mansart ⓘ |
| succeeded |
Jules Hardouin-Mansart as Premier Architecte du Roi
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linked to:
Jules Hardouin-Mansart
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| workLocation |
Paris
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Versailles ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Robert de Cotte Description of subject: Robert de Cotte was a prominent French architect of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, known for his role as Premier Architecte du Roi and for helping shape the transition from the Baroque to the Rococo style in royal and ecclesiastical buildings.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.