L’Embarquement pour Cythère
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L’Embarquement pour Cythère is a celebrated Rococo painting by Antoine Watteau depicting elegantly dressed lovers departing for (or returning from) the mythical island of Cythera, symbolizing love and romance.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| L’Embarquement pour Cythère canonical | 4 |
| "L’Embarquement pour Cythère" | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2933659 — 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: L’Embarquement pour Cythère Context triple: [Antoine Watteau, notableWork, L’Embarquement pour Cythère]
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A.
Plaisir d’amour
"Plaisir d’amour" is a classic 18th-century French love song, widely known through numerous interpretations including a popular rendition by Nana Mouskouri.
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B.
The Birth of Venus
The Birth of Venus is a renowned 15th-century painting by Sandro Botticelli depicting the goddess Venus emerging from the sea, celebrated as an icon of Italian Renaissance art.
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C.
L’Après-midi d’un faune
L’Après-midi d’un faune is a symbolist poem by Stéphane Mallarmé that portrays the dreamy, sensual reverie of a faun reflecting on his encounters with nymphs.
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D.
Ode to Psyche
Ode to Psyche is a Romantic-era lyric poem by John Keats that meditates on the Greek goddess Psyche and the power of imaginative devotion.
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E.
Les Contemplations
Les Contemplations is a major 1856 poetry collection by Victor Hugo that reflects on memory, love, loss, and spiritual meditation, often seen as one of his greatest lyrical works.
- 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: L’Embarquement pour Cythère Target entity description: L’Embarquement pour Cythère is a celebrated Rococo painting by Antoine Watteau depicting elegantly dressed lovers departing for (or returning from) the mythical island of Cythera, symbolizing love and romance.
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A.
Plaisir d’amour
"Plaisir d’amour" is a classic 18th-century French love song, widely known through numerous interpretations including a popular rendition by Nana Mouskouri.
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B.
The Birth of Venus
The Birth of Venus is a renowned 15th-century painting by Sandro Botticelli depicting the goddess Venus emerging from the sea, celebrated as an icon of Italian Renaissance art.
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C.
L’Après-midi d’un faune
L’Après-midi d’un faune is a symbolist poem by Stéphane Mallarmé that portrays the dreamy, sensual reverie of a faun reflecting on his encounters with nymphs.
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D.
Ode to Psyche
Ode to Psyche is a Romantic-era lyric poem by John Keats that meditates on the Greek goddess Psyche and the power of imaginative devotion.
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E.
Les Contemplations
Les Contemplations is a major 1856 poetry collection by Victor Hugo that reflects on memory, love, loss, and spiritual meditation, often seen as one of his greatest lyrical works.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Rococo painting
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painting ⓘ |
| appliedOn | canvas ⓘ |
| artForm | easel painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance |
key work in Antoine Watteau’s oeuvre
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masterpiece of Rococo art ⓘ |
| collection |
Musée du Louvre
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linked to:
Louvre Museum
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| colorPalette | soft pastel tones ⓘ |
| commissionedBy |
Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture
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linked to:
Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture
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| completionDate | 1717 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Antoine Watteau ⓘ |
| depictionAmbiguity |
departure for Cythera
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linked to:
Pilgrimage to Cythera
return from Cythera ⓘ |
| depicts |
departure for the island of Cythera
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elegantly dressed lovers ⓘ mythical island of Cythera ⓘ
linked to:
Cythera
theme of love ⓘ theme of romance ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt | Salon of 1717 ⓘ |
| function | reception piece for the French Academy ⓘ |
| genre | Rococo ⓘ |
| hasPart |
boats
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landscape background ⓘ putti ⓘ statue of Venus ⓘ |
| iconography |
Cupid figures
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island of love ⓘ |
| inception | 1717 ⓘ |
| influenced |
French fête galante genre
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later Rococo painters ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
mythology of Aphrodite
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pastoral tradition ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
France
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Paris ⓘ |
| location | Louvre Museum ⓘ |
| materialUsed | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement | Rococo ⓘ |
| originalLanguageTitle | French ⓘ |
| period | early 18th century ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
delicate brushwork
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elegant aristocratic figures ⓘ light, playful mood ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | fête galante ⓘ |
| theme |
gallant party
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transience of love ⓘ |
| title | L’Embarquement pour Cythère ⓘ |
| titleInEnglish |
The Embarkation for Cythera
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linked to:
Pilgrimage to Cythera
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: L’Embarquement pour Cythère Description of subject: L’Embarquement pour Cythère is a celebrated Rococo painting by Antoine Watteau depicting elegantly dressed lovers departing for (or returning from) the mythical island of Cythera, symbolizing love and romance.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: L’Embarquement pour Cythère
subject linked to:
return from Cythera
subject linked to:
Jean-Antoine Watteau’s painting "L’Embarquement pour Cythère"