Portrait of Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara
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Portrait of Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara is a late 16th-century oil painting by El Greco that depicts the powerful Spanish inquisitor with the artist’s characteristic elongated forms and dramatic use of color and light.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Portrait of Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara canonical | 1 |
| Retrato del cardenal Fernando Niño de Guevara | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1646292 — 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: Portrait of Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara Context triple: [El Greco, notableWork, Portrait of Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara]
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A.
Portrait of Innocent X
Portrait of Innocent X is a renowned 17th-century oil painting by Diego Velázquez, celebrated for its psychological intensity and realistic depiction of Pope Innocent X.
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B.
The Sistine Madonna
The Sistine Madonna is a renowned High Renaissance altarpiece by Raphael, celebrated for its serene depiction of the Virgin and Child flanked by saints and the iconic pair of cherubs at the bottom.
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C.
Portrait of Soler
Portrait of Soler is an early 20th-century painting by Pablo Picasso from his Blue Period, characterized by its somber mood and predominantly blue palette.
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D.
Michelangelo’s Taddei Tondo
Michelangelo’s Taddei Tondo is an unfinished marble relief of the Virgin and Child with the infant St John the Baptist, celebrated as one of the artist’s finest surviving sculptures.
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E.
Las Meninas
Las Meninas is a renowned 1656 painting by Diego Velázquez, celebrated for its complex composition, masterful use of perspective, and self-referential exploration of the act of looking.
- 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: Portrait of Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara Target entity description: Portrait of Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara is a late 16th-century oil painting by El Greco that depicts the powerful Spanish inquisitor with the artist’s characteristic elongated forms and dramatic use of color and light.
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A.
Portrait of Innocent X
Portrait of Innocent X is a renowned 17th-century oil painting by Diego Velázquez, celebrated for its psychological intensity and realistic depiction of Pope Innocent X.
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B.
The Sistine Madonna
The Sistine Madonna is a renowned High Renaissance altarpiece by Raphael, celebrated for its serene depiction of the Virgin and Child flanked by saints and the iconic pair of cherubs at the bottom.
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C.
Portrait of Soler
Portrait of Soler is an early 20th-century painting by Pablo Picasso from his Blue Period, characterized by its somber mood and predominantly blue palette.
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D.
Michelangelo’s Taddei Tondo
Michelangelo’s Taddei Tondo is an unfinished marble relief of the Virgin and Child with the infant St John the Baptist, celebrated as one of the artist’s finest surviving sculptures.
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E.
Las Meninas
Las Meninas is a renowned 1656 painting by Diego Velázquez, celebrated for its complex composition, masterful use of perspective, and self-referential exploration of the act of looking.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
oil painting
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painting ⓘ portrait painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalPeriod | late 16th century ⓘ |
| artist | El Greco ⓘ |
| artStyle | Mannerism ⓘ |
| city | New York City ⓘ |
| collection |
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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linked to:
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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| colorDominance | red tones ⓘ |
| completionDate | circa 1600 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Spain ⓘ |
| creator | El Greco ⓘ |
| creatorActiveIn | Toledo ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | Greek ⓘ |
| depicts | Fernando Niño de Guevara ⓘ |
| depictsClothing |
cardinal’s robes
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red mozzetta ⓘ |
| depictsObject |
armchair
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spectacles ⓘ |
| depictsOccupation |
Grand Inquisitor of Spain
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cardinal ⓘ |
| depictsPersonRole | Inquisitor General ⓘ |
| genre | portrait ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Catholic Church hierarchy
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Spanish Inquisition ⓘ |
| height | approx. 170 cm ⓘ |
| inception | circa 1600 ⓘ |
| inventoryNumber | 1975.1.145 ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| lightingStyle | dramatic chiaroscuro ⓘ |
| location |
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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linked to:
Metropolitan Museum of Art
|
| materialUsed |
canvas
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oil paint ⓘ |
| medium | oil on canvas ⓘ |
| movement | Mannerism ⓘ |
| museum |
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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linked to:
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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| notableFeature |
dramatic use of color
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dramatic use of light ⓘ elongated forms ⓘ intense psychological characterization ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Retrato del cardenal Fernando Niño de Guevara ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| partOf | collection of Spanish paintings at The Metropolitan Museum of Art ⓘ |
| signature |
signed by El Greco
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linked to:
El Greco
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| subjectGender | male ⓘ |
| width | approx. 108 cm ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Portrait of Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara Description of subject: Portrait of Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara is a late 16th-century oil painting by El Greco that depicts the powerful Spanish inquisitor with the artist’s characteristic elongated forms and dramatic use of color and light.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Portrait of Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara
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originalTitle
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Retrato del cardenal Fernando Niño de Guevara
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linked to: Portrait of Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara