View of a Corridor
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View of a Corridor is a renowned trompe-l'œil painting by Dutch artist Samuel van Hoogstraten that creates the illusion of looking down a realistic, receding interior hallway.
All labels observed (1)
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| View of a Corridor canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4283029 — 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: View of a Corridor Context triple: [Samuel van Hoogstraten, notableWork, View of a Corridor]
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A.
Long Corridor
Long Corridor is a famous covered walkway within Beijing’s Temple of Heaven complex, noted for its traditional Chinese architectural style and decorative artwork.
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B.
Long Corridor
The Long Corridor is a famous covered walkway in Beijing’s Summer Palace, renowned for its length and richly painted decorative scenes along its beams.
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C.
Goûter Corridor
The Goûter Corridor is a notorious and avalanche-prone section of the popular Goûter Route on Mont Blanc, often considered one of the most dangerous parts of the ascent.
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D.
Byakko-ro corridor
The Byakko-ro corridor is an ornate covered walkway within Kyoto’s Heian Shrine complex, designed in a classical style that evokes the architecture of Japan’s Heian period.
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E.
narrow corridor
The narrow corridor is a political theory concept describing the fragile, hard-to-maintain balance between state power and societal strength that allows liberty to flourish.
- 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: View of a Corridor Target entity description: View of a Corridor is a renowned trompe-l'œil painting by Dutch artist Samuel van Hoogstraten that creates the illusion of looking down a realistic, receding interior hallway.
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A.
Long Corridor
Long Corridor is a famous covered walkway within Beijing’s Temple of Heaven complex, noted for its traditional Chinese architectural style and decorative artwork.
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B.
Long Corridor
The Long Corridor is a famous covered walkway in Beijing’s Summer Palace, renowned for its length and richly painted decorative scenes along its beams.
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C.
Goûter Corridor
The Goûter Corridor is a notorious and avalanche-prone section of the popular Goûter Route on Mont Blanc, often considered one of the most dangerous parts of the ascent.
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D.
Byakko-ro corridor
The Byakko-ro corridor is an ornate covered walkway within Kyoto’s Heian Shrine complex, designed in a classical style that evokes the architecture of Japan’s Heian period.
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E.
narrow corridor
The narrow corridor is a political theory concept describing the fragile, hard-to-maintain balance between state power and societal strength that allows liberty to flourish.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
painting
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trompe-l'œil painting ⓘ |
| artForm | oil painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance |
demonstrates advanced mastery of perspective
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important example of Dutch trompe-l'œil ⓘ often cited in discussions of illusionistic interiors ⓘ |
| artisticTechnique |
illusionism
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linear perspective ⓘ trompe-l'œil ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Samuel van Hoogstraten’s experiments with perspective
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illusionistic interior views ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Dutch Republic ⓘ |
| creator | Samuel van Hoogstraten ⓘ |
| culture | Dutch ⓘ |
| depicts |
architectural interior
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interior corridor ⓘ receding hallway ⓘ |
| genre | trompe-l'œil ⓘ |
| hasArtisticGoal |
to create the illusion of a real hallway
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to deceive the viewer’s eye ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
central vanishing point
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one-point perspective ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
domestic interior
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doorways ⓘ receding rooms ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
illusion versus reality
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perception of space ⓘ |
| hasType | easel painting ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Baroque interest in perspective
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Dutch Golden Age interior painting ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| movement | Dutch Golden Age painting ⓘ |
| notableFor |
realistic depiction of space
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strong illusion of depth ⓘ use of perspective to extend architectural space ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | Dutch ⓘ |
| period | Baroque ⓘ |
| relatedWork | other trompe-l'œil corridor paintings by Samuel van Hoogstraten ⓘ |
| usesElement |
architectural detail
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foreshortening ⓘ light and shadow to enhance depth ⓘ |
| visualEffect |
illusion of extended architectural space
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illusion of looking through a doorway ⓘ |
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