Feast of Herod
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The Feast of Herod is a renowned early Renaissance bronze relief by Donatello depicting the dramatic beheading of John the Baptist at Herod’s banquet.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Feast of Herod canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4287884 — 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: Feast of Herod Context triple: [Donatello, notableWork, Feast of Herod]
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A.
Feast of Saint Agrippina
The Feast of Saint Agrippina is an annual Italian-American religious and cultural street festival in Boston’s North End honoring Saint Agrippina with processions, food, music, and community celebrations.
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B.
Feast of Saint Sebastian
The Feast of Saint Sebastian is a Christian liturgical celebration honoring Saint Sebastian, an early Christian martyr venerated as a protector against plagues and a patron of soldiers and athletes.
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C.
Feast of Saint Stephen
The Feast of Saint Stephen is a Christian liturgical celebration, traditionally observed on December 26 in Western churches, honoring Saint Stephen as the first Christian martyr.
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D.
Feast of the Holy Innocents
The Feast of the Holy Innocents is a Christian liturgical celebration commemorating the infant boys killed by King Herod in Bethlehem, observed within the Christmas season.
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E.
Agape feast
Agape feast is an early Christian communal meal centered on fellowship, charity, and shared love among believers.
- 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: Feast of Herod Target entity description: The Feast of Herod is a renowned early Renaissance bronze relief by Donatello depicting the dramatic beheading of John the Baptist at Herod’s banquet.
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A.
Feast of Saint Agrippina
The Feast of Saint Agrippina is an annual Italian-American religious and cultural street festival in Boston’s North End honoring Saint Agrippina with processions, food, music, and community celebrations.
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B.
Feast of Saint Sebastian
The Feast of Saint Sebastian is a Christian liturgical celebration honoring Saint Sebastian, an early Christian martyr venerated as a protector against plagues and a patron of soldiers and athletes.
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C.
Feast of Saint Stephen
The Feast of Saint Stephen is a Christian liturgical celebration, traditionally observed on December 26 in Western churches, honoring Saint Stephen as the first Christian martyr.
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D.
Feast of the Holy Innocents
The Feast of the Holy Innocents is a Christian liturgical celebration commemorating the infant boys killed by King Herod in Bethlehem, observed within the Christmas season.
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E.
Agape feast
Agape feast is an early Christian communal meal centered on fellowship, charity, and shared love among believers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Renaissance artwork
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bronze relief ⓘ sculpture ⓘ |
| artForm | relief sculpture ⓘ |
| artHistoricalPeriod | Quattrocento ⓘ |
| artist | Donatello ⓘ |
| artStyle | naturalism ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Gospel narrative of John the Baptist
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New Testament ⓘ |
| commissionedFor |
baptismal font of Siena Baptistery
ⓘ
linked to:
Reliefs for Siena Cathedral Baptistery font
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| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Italian Renaissance ⓘ |
| depicts |
Salome
ⓘ
banquet of Herod Antipas ⓘ
linked to:
The Banquet of Herod
beheading of John the Baptist ⓘ |
| genre | religious art ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalElements |
arches
ⓘ
columns ⓘ vaulted spaces ⓘ |
| hasMedium | bronze relief sculpture ⓘ |
| hasPerspectiveType | one-point perspective ⓘ |
| hasSetting | palace interior ⓘ |
| iconographicTheme |
banquet scene
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martyrdom of John the Baptist ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Florentine experiments with perspective ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Siena Baptistery
ⓘ
linked to:
Baptistery of San Giovanni in Siena
|
| location |
Siena, Italy
ⓘ
linked to:
Siena
|
| materialUsed | bronze ⓘ |
| movement | Early Renaissance ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dramatic narrative composition
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early use of central linear perspective in sculpture ⓘ |
| originalLocation | Baptistery of San Giovanni in Siena ⓘ |
| partOf | baptismal font reliefs of Siena Baptistery ⓘ |
| portraysEmotion |
horror
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indifference of Herod ⓘ surprise ⓘ |
| portraysMoment | presentation of John the Baptist’s head ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| subject |
Herod Antipas
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John the Baptist ⓘ Salome ⓘ |
| support | baptismal font panel ⓘ |
| titleInItalian |
Banchetto di Erode
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linked to:
The Banquet of Herod
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| usesTechnique |
linear perspective
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rilievo schiacciato ⓘ |
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Referenced by (2)
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