Ciriaco Mattei
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Ciriaco Mattei was a prominent Roman nobleman and art patron of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, known for commissioning major works from leading artists such as Caravaggio.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ciriaco Mattei canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3196096 — 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: Ciriaco Mattei Context triple: [The Taking of Christ, commissionedBy, Ciriaco Mattei]
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A.
Ciriaco De Mita
Ciriaco De Mita was an Italian Christian Democrat politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy in the late 1980s and was a key figure in postwar Italian coalition politics.
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B.
Alfredo Cristiani
Alfredo Cristiani is a Salvadoran businessman and politician who served as President of El Salvador from 1989 to 1994, overseeing the peace process that ended the country’s civil war.
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C.
Piero Fassino
Piero Fassino is an Italian politician who has served in various prominent national and local roles, including as mayor of Turin and a long-time member of the Italian Parliament.
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D.
Giuseppe Marrucci
Giuseppe Marrucci is a distinguished scientist in the field of rheology and polymer science, recognized for his influential theoretical and experimental contributions.
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E.
Cesare Maria De Vecchi
Cesare Maria De Vecchi was an Italian Fascist politician, squadrist leader, and one of the key organizers of the March on Rome who later served as a prominent official in Mussolini’s regime.
- 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: Ciriaco Mattei Target entity description: Ciriaco Mattei was a prominent Roman nobleman and art patron of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, known for commissioning major works from leading artists such as Caravaggio.
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A.
Ciriaco De Mita
Ciriaco De Mita was an Italian Christian Democrat politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy in the late 1980s and was a key figure in postwar Italian coalition politics.
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B.
Alfredo Cristiani
Alfredo Cristiani is a Salvadoran businessman and politician who served as President of El Salvador from 1989 to 1994, overseeing the peace process that ended the country’s civil war.
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C.
Piero Fassino
Piero Fassino is an Italian politician who has served in various prominent national and local roles, including as mayor of Turin and a long-time member of the Italian Parliament.
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D.
Giuseppe Marrucci
Giuseppe Marrucci is a distinguished scientist in the field of rheology and polymer science, recognized for his influential theoretical and experimental contributions.
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E.
Cesare Maria De Vecchi
Cesare Maria De Vecchi was an Italian Fascist politician, squadrist leader, and one of the key organizers of the March on Rome who later served as a prominent official in Mussolini’s regime.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Italian nobleman
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art patron ⓘ collector ⓘ human ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Mattei family collections
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Palazzo Mattei in Rome ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity |
16th century
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17th century ⓘ |
| commissionedWorkFrom |
Caravaggio
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Domenichino ⓘ Giovanni Lanfranco ⓘ other painters active in Rome ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Papal States ⓘ |
| employer |
House of Mattei estates
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linked to:
House of Mattei
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| ethnicGroup | Italian ⓘ |
| familyName | Mattei ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
art patronage
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collection of paintings ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
early Baroque
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late Renaissance ⓘ |
| influenced | formation of Roman Baroque collections ⓘ |
| knownFor |
building a major private art collection in Rome
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supporting innovative Baroque painting ⓘ |
| lifestyle | aristocratic ⓘ |
| memberOf | House of Mattei ⓘ |
| movement | Counter-Reformation art patronage ⓘ |
| name | Ciriaco Mattei ⓘ |
| notableFor |
patronage of Caravaggio
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patronage of early 17th-century artists ⓘ patronage of late 16th-century artists ⓘ |
| notableWork | Mattei art collection ⓘ |
| occupation |
art patron
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collector ⓘ nobleman ⓘ |
| owned |
paintings by Caravaggio
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paintings by Domenichino ⓘ paintings by Giovanni Lanfranco ⓘ |
| patronOf |
Caravaggio
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Domenichino ⓘ Giovanni Lanfranco ⓘ other leading artists in Rome ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | Rome ⓘ |
| placeOfResidence | Rome ⓘ |
| religion |
Catholicism
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linked to:
Roman Catholicism
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| socialStatus | Roman nobility ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ciriaco Mattei Description of subject: Ciriaco Mattei was a prominent Roman nobleman and art patron of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, known for commissioning major works from leading artists such as Caravaggio.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
The Supper at Emmaus by Caravaggio
subject linked to:
The Supper at Emmaus by Caravaggio