The Choice of Hercules

E458664

allegorical painting painting

The Choice of Hercules is a late 16th-century allegorical painting by Annibale Carracci depicting the hero Hercules choosing between the paths of virtue and vice.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Hercules at the crossroads	2
"The Choice of Heracles"	1
Hercules choosing between Virtue and Vice	1
La Scelta di Ercole	1
The Choice of Hercules canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4633076 — 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: The Choice of Hercules
Context triple: [Annibale Carracci, notableWork, The Choice of Hercules]

A. The Legend of Hercules
The Legend of Hercules is a 2014 fantasy action film that offers an origin-story take on the mythological Greek hero Hercules, focusing on his struggle against a tyrannical king and his discovery of his divine heritage.
B. Hercules Furens
Hercules Furens is a Latin tragedy by the Roman philosopher and playwright Seneca the Younger that dramatizes the madness and violent exploits of the hero Hercules.
C. The Corinthian
The Corinthian is a nightmare created by Dream in Neil Gaiman’s comic series "The Sandman," known for his chilling role as a serial killer with mouths for eyes.
D. Heracles cycle
The Heracles cycle is a collection of ancient Greek myths centered on the hero Heracles, detailing his divine origins, famous labors, and numerous adventures.
E. Throne of Zeus
Throne of Zeus is a song by American singer Stefani Germanotta, better known as Lady Gaga.
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: The Choice of Hercules
Target entity description: The Choice of Hercules is a late 16th-century allegorical painting by Annibale Carracci depicting the hero Hercules choosing between the paths of virtue and vice.

A. The Legend of Hercules
The Legend of Hercules is a 2014 fantasy action film that offers an origin-story take on the mythological Greek hero Hercules, focusing on his struggle against a tyrannical king and his discovery of his divine heritage.
B. Hercules Furens
Hercules Furens is a Latin tragedy by the Roman philosopher and playwright Seneca the Younger that dramatizes the madness and violent exploits of the hero Hercules.
C. The Corinthian
The Corinthian is a nightmare created by Dream in Neil Gaiman’s comic series "The Sandman," known for his chilling role as a serial killer with mouths for eyes.
D. Heracles cycle
The Heracles cycle is a collection of ancient Greek myths centered on the hero Heracles, detailing his divine origins, famous labors, and numerous adventures.
E. Throne of Zeus
Throne of Zeus is a song by American singer Stefani Germanotta, better known as Lady Gaga.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	allegorical painting ⓘ painting ⓘ
artForm	oil painting ⓘ
artisticContext	transition from Mannerism to Baroque ⓘ
artisticSchool	Carracci reform of painting ⓘ
basedOn	classical mythology ⓘ myth of Hercules at the crossroads ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Italy ⓘ
creator	Annibale Carracci ⓘ
creatorNationality	Italian ⓘ
depictionStyle	classical idealization ⓘ naturalism ⓘ
depicts	Hercules ⓘ allegory of the choice between Virtue and Vice ⓘ
depictsSetting	outdoor landscape ⓘ
depictsSymbol	attributes of Hercules ⓘ attributes of Vice ⓘ attributes of Virtue ⓘ
describedBySource	art historical literature on Annibale Carracci ⓘ
genre	allegorical art ⓘ
hasCharacter	Hercules ⓘ personification of Vice ⓘ personification of Virtue ⓘ winged figure (often interpreted as Cupid or a genius) ⓘ
hasInfluenced	later allegorical depictions of moral choice ⓘ
iconographicTradition	Hercules at the crossroads ⓘ linked to: The Choice of Hercules
inception	circa 1590 ⓘ late 16th century ⓘ
influencedBy	Renaissance humanism ⓘ classical sculpture ⓘ
intendedFunction	moral exemplum ⓘ
languageOfTitle	English ⓘ
mainSubject	Hercules choosing between Virtue and Vice ⓘ linked to: The Choice of Hercules
medium	oil paint ⓘ
movement	Baroque ⓘ Bolognese School ⓘ
narrativeTheme	moral choice ⓘ moral philosophy ⓘ temptation ⓘ vice ⓘ virtue ⓘ
originalTitle	La Scelta di Ercole ⓘ linked to: The Choice of Hercules
originalTitleLanguage	Italian ⓘ
partOf	Annibale Carracci’s mythological works ⓘ
period	early Baroque ⓘ late Renaissance ⓘ
subjectCategory	moral allegory ⓘ mythological painting ⓘ

How these facts were elicited