Winter (La Frileuse)
E372375
Winter (La Frileuse) is a celebrated marble sculpture by Jean-Antoine Houdon depicting a shivering young woman, renowned for its expressive realism and delicate treatment of the human form.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Winter (La Frileuse) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3595401 — 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: Winter (La Frileuse) Context triple: [Jean-Antoine Houdon, notableWork, Winter (La Frileuse)]
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Les Paysans
Les Paysans is a novel by Honoré de Balzac that portrays the social and economic conflicts between peasants and landowners in rural post-Revolutionary France, and forms part of his larger cycle La Comédie humaine.
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Les Sœurs Vatard
Les Sœurs Vatard is a naturalist novel by Joris-Karl Huysmans that portrays the lives and struggles of two working-class sisters in late 19th-century Paris.
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La Bourboule
La Bourboule is a spa and tourist town in central France, known for its thermal baths and Belle Époque architecture in the Massif Central.
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D.
La Chinoise
La Chinoise is a 1967 French New Wave film by Jean-Luc Godard that satirically explores youthful Maoist radicalism in Paris on the eve of the 1968 student protests.
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Les Célibataires
Les Célibataires is a novella by Honoré de Balzac that forms part of his panoramic literary cycle La Comédie humaine, depicting the lives and frustrations of unmarried characters in provincial France.
- 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: Winter (La Frileuse) Target entity description: Winter (La Frileuse) is a celebrated marble sculpture by Jean-Antoine Houdon depicting a shivering young woman, renowned for its expressive realism and delicate treatment of the human form.
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A.
Les Paysans
Les Paysans is a novel by Honoré de Balzac that portrays the social and economic conflicts between peasants and landowners in rural post-Revolutionary France, and forms part of his larger cycle La Comédie humaine.
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B.
Les Sœurs Vatard
Les Sœurs Vatard is a naturalist novel by Joris-Karl Huysmans that portrays the lives and struggles of two working-class sisters in late 19th-century Paris.
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C.
La Bourboule
La Bourboule is a spa and tourist town in central France, known for its thermal baths and Belle Époque architecture in the Massif Central.
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D.
La Chinoise
La Chinoise is a 1967 French New Wave film by Jean-Luc Godard that satirically explores youthful Maoist radicalism in Paris on the eve of the 1968 student protests.
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E.
Les Célibataires
Les Célibataires is a novella by Honoré de Balzac that forms part of his panoramic literary cycle La Comédie humaine, depicting the lives and frustrations of unmarried characters in provincial France.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
marble sculpture
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sculpture ⓘ work of art ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
La Frileuse
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Winter ⓘ |
| artForm | figurative sculpture ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance |
frequently cited in studies of 18th-century French sculpture
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important example of Houdon’s exploration of expressive realism ⓘ |
| artisticGoal | to convey the physical sensation of cold in marble ⓘ |
| artisticPeriod | 18th-century French sculpture ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Jean-Antoine Houdon’s reputation for lifelike portraiture and figures ⓘ |
| color | white ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Jean-Antoine Houdon ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | French ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Ancien Régime France
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linked to:
Ancien Régime
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| depicts |
allegory of winter
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shivering young woman ⓘ |
| dimensionType | three-dimensional ⓘ |
| era | pre-Revolutionary France ⓘ |
| genre | neoclassical sculpture ⓘ |
| hasPart |
drapery suggesting protection from cold
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figure with arms crossed or drawn in for warmth ⓘ |
| iconography |
female personification of winter
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seasonal allegory ⓘ |
| inception | 18th century ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Enlightenment interest in human emotion and sensation
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classical sculpture ⓘ |
| materialUsed | marble ⓘ |
| medium | carved marble ⓘ |
| movement | Neoclassicism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
delicate treatment of the human form
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expressive realism ⓘ sensuous rendering of cold and shivering ⓘ |
| originalLanguageTitle | La Frileuse ⓘ |
| productionMethod | hand-carved ⓘ |
| style | realist detail within neoclassical idiom ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
female nude
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personification of a season ⓘ |
| technique |
detailed carving of drapery folds
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highly polished marble surface ⓘ subtle modeling of flesh ⓘ |
| theme |
human vulnerability to nature
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sensory experience of cold ⓘ |
| visualCharacteristic |
contrasting smooth skin and textured drapery
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downcast or averted gaze ⓘ dynamic pose suggesting shivering ⓘ |
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