Rokeby Venus

E138239

Baroque artwork nude painting oil painting painting

The Rokeby Venus is a famous 17th-century oil painting by Diego Velázquez depicting the Roman goddess Venus reclining nude and gazing into a mirror held by Cupid.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
"Rokeby"	1
Rokeby Venus canonical	1
The Rokeby Venus by Diego Velázquez	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1209176 — 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: Rokeby Venus
Context triple: [Diego Velázquez, notableWork, Rokeby Venus]

A. The Valpinçon Bather
The Valpinçon Bather is a celebrated Neoclassical painting depicting a serene nude woman from behind, renowned for its idealized form, smooth surfaces, and meticulous attention to contour and line.
B. The Virgin of the Rocks
The Virgin of the Rocks is a renowned Renaissance painting by Leonardo da Vinci depicting the Virgin Mary with the Christ Child, the infant John the Baptist, and an angel in a mysterious rocky landscape.
C. La Grande Odalisque
La Grande Odalisque is a famous 1814 Neoclassical oil painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres depicting an elongated nude concubine in an exotic harem setting.
D. Portrait of Ann
Portrait of Ann is a painting by British artist L. S. Lowry that departs from his typical industrial scenes to present an intimate, enigmatic portrait of a young woman.
E. Le vergini delle rocce
Le vergini delle rocce is a decadent and symbolist novel by Italian writer Gabriele D’Annunzio that explores aristocratic ideals, aestheticism, and political ambition in fin-de-siècle Italy.
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: Rokeby Venus
Target entity description: The Rokeby Venus is a famous 17th-century oil painting by Diego Velázquez depicting the Roman goddess Venus reclining nude and gazing into a mirror held by Cupid.

A. The Valpinçon Bather
The Valpinçon Bather is a celebrated Neoclassical painting depicting a serene nude woman from behind, renowned for its idealized form, smooth surfaces, and meticulous attention to contour and line.
B. The Virgin of the Rocks
The Virgin of the Rocks is a renowned Renaissance painting by Leonardo da Vinci depicting the Virgin Mary with the Christ Child, the infant John the Baptist, and an angel in a mysterious rocky landscape.
C. La Grande Odalisque
La Grande Odalisque is a famous 1814 Neoclassical oil painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres depicting an elongated nude concubine in an exotic harem setting.
D. Portrait of Ann
Portrait of Ann is a painting by British artist L. S. Lowry that departs from his typical industrial scenes to present an intimate, enigmatic portrait of a young woman.
E. Le vergini delle rocce
Le vergini delle rocce is a decadent and symbolist novel by Italian writer Gabriele D’Annunzio that explores aristocratic ideals, aestheticism, and political ambition in fin-de-siècle Italy.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Baroque artwork ⓘ nude painting ⓘ oil painting ⓘ painting ⓘ
acquisitionBy	National Gallery, London ⓘ linked to: National Gallery
acquisitionMethod	purchase by public subscription ⓘ
acquisitionYear	1906 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	The Toilet of Venus ⓘ Venus at her Mirror ⓘ linked to: La Venus del espejo
artHistoricalSignificance	one of the most famous nudes in Western art ⓘ only surviving female nude by Diego Velázquez ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	1914 suffragette attack ⓘ
attackDate	10 March 1914 ⓘ
attackedBy	Mary Richardson ⓘ
attackMethod	slashing with a meat cleaver ⓘ
cataloguedIn	National Gallery collection catalogue ⓘ
collection	National Gallery, London ⓘ linked to: National Gallery
commissionedBy	Gaspar Méndez de Haro ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Spain ⓘ
creator	Diego Velázquez ⓘ
depictionType	mythological nude ⓘ
depicts	Cupid ⓘ Venus ⓘ mirror ⓘ
genre	mythological painting ⓘ
hasPerspectiveFeature	reflected face in mirror turned toward viewer ⓘ
height	122 cm ⓘ
inception	circa 1647 ⓘ circa 1651 ⓘ
influencedBy	Giorgione’s Sleeping Venus ⓘ linked to: Sleeping Venus Italian Renaissance nudes ⓘ linked to: Italian Renaissance painting Titian’s Venus of Urbino ⓘ linked to: Venus of Urbino
languageOfTitle	Spanish ⓘ
location	London ⓘ linked to: London, England
medium	oil paint ⓘ
movement	Baroque ⓘ
namedAfter	Rokeby Park ⓘ linked to: Rokeby Park, County Durham
orientation	landscape format ⓘ
originalTitle	La Venus del espejo ⓘ
patron	Gaspar Méndez de Haro ⓘ
previousLocation	Rokeby Park, County Durham ⓘ
restored	yes ⓘ
showsDetail	Cupid holding a mirror ⓘ Venus looking at her reflection in a mirror ⓘ bed with drapery ⓘ
showsView	back view of a reclining nude woman ⓘ
subject	Roman goddess of love ⓘ
support	canvas ⓘ
width	177 cm ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Diego Velázquez → notableWork → Rokeby Venus ⓘ

National Gallery → hasCollectionItem → The Rokeby Venus by Diego Velázquez ⓘ

linked to: Rokeby Venus

The Lady of the Lake → followedBy → "Rokeby" ⓘ