Knight, Death and the Devil
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"Knight, Death and the Devil" is a renowned 1513 engraving by German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer depicting an armored knight steadfastly riding through a grim allegorical landscape accompanied by personifications of death and the devil.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Knight, Death and the Devil canonical | 4 |
| Ritter, Tod und Teufel | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Knight, Death and the Devil Context triple: [Albrecht Dürer, notableWork, Knight, Death and the Devil]
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A.
Street of the Knights
Street of the Knights is a well-preserved medieval thoroughfare in Rhodes, Greece, famed for its Gothic architecture and historic inns of the Knights Hospitaller.
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B.
The Spectre Bridegroom
The Spectre Bridegroom is a short Gothic-humor tale by Washington Irving about a mysterious, seemingly supernatural bridegroom whose true identity is revealed in a comic twist.
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C.
Three Knights
Three Knights are a group of characters in T.S. Eliot’s play "Murder in the Cathedral" who serve as the king’s agents and later attempt to justify the assassination of Thomas Becket.
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D.
White Knight
White Knight is a high-altitude, twin-boom jet-powered carrier aircraft developed by Scaled Composites to air-launch experimental spacecraft such as SpaceShipOne.
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E.
Operation Charge of the Knights
Operation Charge of the Knights was a major 2008 Iraqi-led military offensive in Basra aimed at weakening Shiite militias and reasserting government control.
- 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: Knight, Death and the Devil Target entity description: "Knight, Death and the Devil" is a renowned 1513 engraving by German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer depicting an armored knight steadfastly riding through a grim allegorical landscape accompanied by personifications of death and the devil.
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A.
Street of the Knights
Street of the Knights is a well-preserved medieval thoroughfare in Rhodes, Greece, famed for its Gothic architecture and historic inns of the Knights Hospitaller.
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B.
The Spectre Bridegroom
The Spectre Bridegroom is a short Gothic-humor tale by Washington Irving about a mysterious, seemingly supernatural bridegroom whose true identity is revealed in a comic twist.
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C.
Three Knights
Three Knights are a group of characters in T.S. Eliot’s play "Murder in the Cathedral" who serve as the king’s agents and later attempt to justify the assassination of Thomas Becket.
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D.
White Knight
White Knight is a high-altitude, twin-boom jet-powered carrier aircraft developed by Scaled Composites to air-launch experimental spacecraft such as SpaceShipOne.
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E.
Operation Charge of the Knights
Operation Charge of the Knights was a major 2008 Iraqi-led military offensive in Basra aimed at weakening Shiite militias and reasserting government control.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
engraving
ⓘ
print ⓘ |
| allegoricalTheme |
memento mori
ⓘ
moral fortitude ⓘ steadfast Christian faith ⓘ temptation ⓘ |
| artForm | printmaking ⓘ |
| artist | Albrecht Dürer ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| creator | Albrecht Dürer ⓘ |
| depicts |
Death
ⓘ
Devil ⓘ
linked to:
the Devil
armored knight ⓘ castle in the background ⓘ dog ⓘ forest landscape ⓘ horse ⓘ hourglass ⓘ lance ⓘ skull ⓘ |
| genre |
allegorical art
ⓘ
religious art ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Dürer monogram AD
ⓘ
linked to:
Albrecht Dürer
inscription with date 1513 ⓘ |
| height | approximately 18.8 cm ⓘ |
| iconography |
Death holding hourglass
ⓘ
armed rider as miles christianus ⓘ goat-headed devil figure ⓘ |
| inception | 1513 ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Christian humanism
ⓘ
late medieval chivalric ideals ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| location | various museum collections ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Christian knight
ⓘ
personification of death ⓘ personification of the devil ⓘ |
| movement | German Renaissance ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Albrecht Dürer ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Ritter, Tod und Teufel
ⓘ
linked to:
Knight, Death and the Devil
|
| partOfSeries |
Dürer’s master engravings
ⓘ
linked to:
Dürer’s Meisterstiche
Meisterstiche ⓘ |
| period | Northern Renaissance ⓘ |
| printingTechnique | intaglio ⓘ |
| subjectHeading | Christian knight ignoring death and the devil ⓘ |
| technique | engraving on copper ⓘ |
| title | Knight, Death and the Devil ⓘ |
| width | approximately 24.5 cm ⓘ |
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Subject: Knight, Death and the Devil Description of subject: "Knight, Death and the Devil" is a renowned 1513 engraving by German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer depicting an armored knight steadfastly riding through a grim allegorical landscape accompanied by personifications of death and the devil.
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linked to: Knight, Death and the Devil