Dormition of the Mother of God fresco
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The Dormition of the Mother of God fresco is a renowned 13th-century Byzantine-style wall painting at the Sopoćani Monastery depicting the Virgin Mary's peaceful death surrounded by the apostles and Christ.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dormition of the Mother of God fresco canonical | 1 |
| Dormition of the Mother of God fresco at Studenica | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2975317 — 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: Dormition of the Mother of God fresco Context triple: [Sopoćani Monastery, hasFresco, Dormition of the Mother of God fresco]
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A.
Byzantine Fresco Chapel
The Byzantine Fresco Chapel is a museum space in Houston, Texas, originally created to house and display restored Byzantine frescoes within a contemplative, chapel-like setting.
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B.
Zograf Monastery
Zograf Monastery is a Bulgarian Orthodox monastic community on Mount Athos, renowned for its medieval heritage, manuscripts, and religious art.
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C.
Benois Madonna
The Benois Madonna is an early Renaissance painting by Leonardo da Vinci depicting the Virgin Mary playfully interacting with the Christ Child, notable for its intimate composition and expressive realism.
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D.
Pantokratoros Monastery
Pantokratoros Monastery is an Eastern Orthodox monastic community on Mount Athos in Greece, known as one of the peninsula’s historic and traditionally significant monasteries.
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E.
Christ Pantocrator
Christ Pantocrator is a traditional Byzantine iconographic depiction of Jesus Christ as the almighty, sovereign ruler and judge of the universe.
- 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: Dormition of the Mother of God fresco Target entity description: The Dormition of the Mother of God fresco is a renowned 13th-century Byzantine-style wall painting at the Sopoćani Monastery depicting the Virgin Mary's peaceful death surrounded by the apostles and Christ.
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A.
Byzantine Fresco Chapel
The Byzantine Fresco Chapel is a museum space in Houston, Texas, originally created to house and display restored Byzantine frescoes within a contemplative, chapel-like setting.
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B.
Zograf Monastery
Zograf Monastery is a Bulgarian Orthodox monastic community on Mount Athos, renowned for its medieval heritage, manuscripts, and religious art.
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C.
Benois Madonna
The Benois Madonna is an early Renaissance painting by Leonardo da Vinci depicting the Virgin Mary playfully interacting with the Christ Child, notable for its intimate composition and expressive realism.
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D.
Pantokratoros Monastery
Pantokratoros Monastery is an Eastern Orthodox monastic community on Mount Athos in Greece, known as one of the peninsula’s historic and traditionally significant monasteries.
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E.
Christ Pantocrator
Christ Pantocrator is a traditional Byzantine iconographic depiction of Jesus Christ as the almighty, sovereign ruler and judge of the universe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Byzantine-style painting
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fresco ⓘ wall painting ⓘ |
| appliedOn | plaster ⓘ |
| artForm |
fresco painting
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mural painting ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Nemanjić dynasty ⓘ |
| country | Serbia ⓘ |
| culture |
Byzantine
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Serbian medieval ⓘ |
| depictionDetail |
Christ holding the soul of the Virgin Mary
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apostles gathered around the Virgin's bier ⓘ |
| depicts |
Christ
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linked to:
Jesus Christ
Dormition of the Virgin Mary ⓘ
linked to:
Dormition of the Theotokos
Virgin Mary ⓘ apostles ⓘ peaceful death of the Virgin Mary ⓘ |
| function |
didactic religious image
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liturgical decoration ⓘ |
| hasArtisticMovement | Byzantine art ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
Christian art
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religious art ⓘ |
| hasStyle | Byzantine ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Dormition of the Mother of God
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linked to:
Dormition of the Theotokos
Jesus Christ ⓘ Virgin Mary ⓘ apostles ⓘ |
| heritageContext | medieval Serbian Orthodox monastic art ⓘ |
| iconographicType | Dormition of the Theotokos ⓘ |
| inception | 13th century ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Raška region
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church of the Holy Trinity at Sopoćani ⓘ |
| materialUsed | pigments ⓘ |
| notableFor |
expressive figures
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high artistic quality ⓘ monumental composition ⓘ |
| partOf |
Sopoćani Monastery
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interior decoration program of Sopoćani Monastery church ⓘ |
| period | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| religion | Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 13th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Dormition of the Mother of God fresco Description of subject: The Dormition of the Mother of God fresco is a renowned 13th-century Byzantine-style wall painting at the Sopoćani Monastery depicting the Virgin Mary's peaceful death surrounded by the apostles and Christ.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Dormition of the Mother of God fresco