The Corpses of the De Witt Brothers
E337563
The Corpses of the De Witt Brothers is a 17th-century painting by Dutch artist Jan de Baen depicting the brutal lynching and mutilated bodies of the republican statesmen Johan and Cornelis de Witt.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Corpses of the De Witt Brothers canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3213963 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Corpses of the De Witt Brothers Context triple: [Jan de Baen, notableWork, The Corpses of the De Witt Brothers]
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The Potter’s Field
The Potter’s Field is a historical mystery novel in the Brother Cadfael series by Ellis Peters, featuring the medieval monk-sleuth investigating a body found in a field once used for burying strangers and the poor.
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The Executioners
The Executioners is a 1957 crime thriller novel by John D. MacDonald that tells the story of a lawyer and his family terrorized by a vengeful ex-convict, later famously adapted into the film Cape Fear.
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Death on the Ridge Road
Death on the Ridge Road is a 1935 painting by American artist Grant Wood that dramatically depicts an impending car accident on a rural road, blending regionalist style with a sense of looming tragedy.
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The Sons of Katie Elder
The Sons of Katie Elder is a 1965 Western film starring John Wayne and Dean Martin, following four brothers who reunite in their Texas hometown to avenge their father's death and restore their family's honor.
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E.
Roger Malvin's Burial
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Corpses of the De Witt Brothers Target entity description: The Corpses of the De Witt Brothers is a 17th-century painting by Dutch artist Jan de Baen depicting the brutal lynching and mutilated bodies of the republican statesmen Johan and Cornelis de Witt.
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A.
The Potter’s Field
The Potter’s Field is a historical mystery novel in the Brother Cadfael series by Ellis Peters, featuring the medieval monk-sleuth investigating a body found in a field once used for burying strangers and the poor.
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B.
The Executioners
The Executioners is a 1957 crime thriller novel by John D. MacDonald that tells the story of a lawyer and his family terrorized by a vengeful ex-convict, later famously adapted into the film Cape Fear.
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C.
Death on the Ridge Road
Death on the Ridge Road is a 1935 painting by American artist Grant Wood that dramatically depicts an impending car accident on a rural road, blending regionalist style with a sense of looming tragedy.
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D.
The Sons of Katie Elder
The Sons of Katie Elder is a 1965 Western film starring John Wayne and Dean Martin, following four brothers who reunite in their Texas hometown to avenge their father's death and restore their family's honor.
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E.
Roger Malvin's Burial
"Roger Malvin's Burial" is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne that explores themes of guilt, promise, and psychological torment in the aftermath of a frontier battle.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
oil painting
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painting ⓘ |
| about |
Dutch republican statesmen
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Rampjaar 1672 ⓘ political violence in the Dutch Republic ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Dutch Republic ⓘ |
| creator | Jan de Baen ⓘ |
| depicts |
Cornelis de Witt
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Cornelis de Witt as a corpse ⓘ Johan de Witt ⓘ Johan de Witt as a corpse ⓘ crowd of onlookers ⓘ hanging corpses ⓘ lynching of Johan and Cornelis de Witt ⓘ mob violence ⓘ mutilated bodies of Johan and Cornelis de Witt ⓘ mutilation ⓘ political assassination ⓘ post-mortem humiliation ⓘ public execution aftermath ⓘ urban setting in The Hague ⓘ |
| depictsEvent |
lynching at The Hague on 20 August 1672
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murder of Johan and Cornelis de Witt ⓘ |
| depictsTime | 1672 ⓘ |
| genre |
history painting
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political art ⓘ |
| hasArtisticStyle | realism (17th-century Dutch) ⓘ |
| hasCreatorNationality | Dutch ⓘ |
| hasTitle | The Corpses of the De Witt Brothers ⓘ |
| hasTitleInEnglish | The Corpses of the De Witt Brothers ⓘ |
| inception | circa late 17th century ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | none ⓘ |
| locationOfDepictedEvent | The Hague ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Cornelis de Witt
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Johan de Witt ⓘ murder of Johan and Cornelis de Witt ⓘ |
| movement | Dutch Golden Age painting ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | The Hague ⓘ |
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