Pilgrimage to Cythera

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Rococo painting painting

Pilgrimage to Cythera is a celebrated early 18th-century painting by Antoine Watteau that epitomizes the Rococo style with its elegant, dreamlike depiction of lovers journeying to the mythical island of Cythera.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
The Embarkation for Cythera	3
Embarkation for Cythera	2
Pilgrimage to Cythera canonical	1
departure for Cythera	1
“Pilgrimage to Cythera”	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2933657 — 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: Pilgrimage to Cythera
Context triple: [Antoine Watteau, notableWork, Pilgrimage to Cythera]

A. Queen of Ithaca
Queen of Ithaca is the royal title held by Penelope, renowned in Greek mythology for her loyalty and cleverness during Odysseus’s long absence.
B. Elis in the Peloponnese
Elis in the Peloponnese is an ancient Greek region in western Peloponnese, best known as the homeland of the Olympic Games at Olympia.
C. Entimos of Crete
Entimos of Crete was an ancient Cretan founder and colonizer traditionally credited with establishing the Greek city of Gela in Sicily.
D. Argonautica
Argonautica is an ancient Greek epic poem, traditionally attributed to Apollonius of Rhodes, that recounts Jason and the Argonauts’ quest for the Golden Fleece.
E. King of Ithaca
The King of Ithaca is the legendary Greek monarch best known as Odysseus, the cunning hero of Homer’s Odyssey and leader of the island kingdom of Ithaca.
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: Pilgrimage to Cythera
Target entity description: Pilgrimage to Cythera is a celebrated early 18th-century painting by Antoine Watteau that epitomizes the Rococo style with its elegant, dreamlike depiction of lovers journeying to the mythical island of Cythera.

A. Queen of Ithaca
Queen of Ithaca is the royal title held by Penelope, renowned in Greek mythology for her loyalty and cleverness during Odysseus’s long absence.
B. Elis in the Peloponnese
Elis in the Peloponnese is an ancient Greek region in western Peloponnese, best known as the homeland of the Olympic Games at Olympia.
C. Entimos of Crete
Entimos of Crete was an ancient Cretan founder and colonizer traditionally credited with establishing the Greek city of Gela in Sicily.
D. Argonautica
Argonautica is an ancient Greek epic poem, traditionally attributed to Apollonius of Rhodes, that recounts Jason and the Argonauts’ quest for the Golden Fleece.
E. King of Ithaca
The King of Ithaca is the legendary Greek monarch best known as Odysseus, the cunning hero of Homer’s Odyssey and leader of the island kingdom of Ithaca.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Rococo painting ⓘ painting ⓘ
appliedOn	canvas ⓘ
artForm	easel painting ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance	key work of early Rococo ⓘ paradigmatic example of fête galante ⓘ
collection	Louvre Museum ⓘ
colorPalette	soft pastel tones ⓘ
compositionCharacteristic	dreamlike atmosphere ⓘ elegant figures in a park-like setting ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	France ⓘ
creator	Antoine Watteau ⓘ
depicts	figures moving from foreground to background ⓘ journey to Cythera ⓘ lovers ⓘ mythical island of Cythera ⓘ
exhibitedAt	Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture ⓘ linked to: Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture
exhibitionOrPublication	Salon of 1717 ⓘ
genre	fête galante ⓘ
hasPart	boat ⓘ elegantly dressed couples ⓘ pastoral landscape ⓘ statue of Venus ⓘ
inception	1717 ⓘ
influenced	French Rococo artists ⓘ Rococo painting ⓘ
influencedBy	Baroque art ⓘ linked to: Baroque
inspiredBy	Aphrodite ⓘ island of Cythera ⓘ linked to: Cythera
languageOfTitle	French ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Paris ⓘ
locatedInTheCountry	France ⓘ
location	Louvre Museum ⓘ
mainSubject	courtship ⓘ love ⓘ mythology ⓘ
materialUsed	oil paint ⓘ
movement	Rococo ⓘ
notableWorkOf	Antoine Watteau ⓘ
period	early 18th century ⓘ
styleCharacteristic	delicate handling of light and color ⓘ graceful, fluid brushwork ⓘ light, playful mood ⓘ
theme	departure for an island of love ⓘ transience of love ⓘ
titleInFrench	"L’Embarquement pour Cythère" ⓘ linked to: L’Embarquement pour Cythère

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