The Four Seasons (Poussin)
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The Four Seasons is a series of four landscape paintings by Nicolas Poussin that allegorically depict the biblical story of humanity through the changing seasons.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Four Seasons (Poussin) canonical | 4 |
| The Four Seasons (series by Nicolas Poussin) | 3 |
| The Four Seasons (series by Nicolas Lancret) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4962933 — 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 Four Seasons (Poussin) Context triple: [Spring (Poussin), partOf, The Four Seasons (Poussin)]
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Portrait of Antoine Watteau
"Portrait of Antoine Watteau" is an 18th-century pastel portrait by Venetian Rococo artist Rosalba Carriera depicting the French painter Jean-Antoine Watteau.
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B.
Landscape at the Bois d’Amour
Landscape at the Bois d’Amour is a seminal Post-Impressionist painting by Paul Sérusier, celebrated for its bold use of color and abstraction that helped inspire the Nabis movement.
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C.
The Swing (after Fragonard)
The Swing (after Fragonard) is a contemporary sculptural installation by Yinka Shonibare that reimagines Fragonard’s Rococo painting using a headless mannequin in African wax-print fabrics to explore themes of colonialism, class, and identity.
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D.
Portrait of Charles Le Brun
Portrait of Charles Le Brun is a Baroque-era painted likeness of the influential French painter and court artist Charles Le Brun, created by Nicolas de Largillière.
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E.
The Goldfinch (1654)
The Goldfinch (1654) is a small, trompe-l’oeil painting of a chained bird that is celebrated as a masterpiece of Dutch Golden Age art for its striking realism and emotional subtlety.
- 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 Four Seasons (Poussin) Target entity description: The Four Seasons is a series of four landscape paintings by Nicolas Poussin that allegorically depict the biblical story of humanity through the changing seasons.
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A.
Portrait of Antoine Watteau
"Portrait of Antoine Watteau" is an 18th-century pastel portrait by Venetian Rococo artist Rosalba Carriera depicting the French painter Jean-Antoine Watteau.
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B.
Landscape at the Bois d’Amour
Landscape at the Bois d’Amour is a seminal Post-Impressionist painting by Paul Sérusier, celebrated for its bold use of color and abstraction that helped inspire the Nabis movement.
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C.
The Swing (after Fragonard)
The Swing (after Fragonard) is a contemporary sculptural installation by Yinka Shonibare that reimagines Fragonard’s Rococo painting using a headless mannequin in African wax-print fabrics to explore themes of colonialism, class, and identity.
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D.
Portrait of Charles Le Brun
Portrait of Charles Le Brun is a Baroque-era painted likeness of the influential French painter and court artist Charles Le Brun, created by Nicolas de Largillière.
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E.
The Goldfinch (1654)
The Goldfinch (1654) is a small, trompe-l’oeil painting of a chained bird that is celebrated as a masterpiece of Dutch Golden Age art for its striking realism and emotional subtlety.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
allegorical painting
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painting series ⓘ |
| artForm | painting ⓘ |
| collection | Louvre Museum ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Nicolas Poussin ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | French ⓘ |
| depicts |
Book of Genesis
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Garden of Eden ⓘ Israelite spies in Canaan ⓘ Old Testament themes ⓘ Ruth and Boaz ⓘ
linked to:
Ruth
allegory of salvation history ⓘ allegory of time ⓘ biblical narrative of humanity ⓘ the Biblical Flood ⓘ |
| describedBySource | Louvre Museum catalogue ⓘ |
| genre | landscape painting ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfParts | 4 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Autumn (Poussin)
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Autumn, or The Spies with the Grapes of the Promised Land ⓘ
linked to:
Grapes of the Promised Land
Spring (Poussin) ⓘ Spring, or The Earthly Paradise ⓘ
linked to:
The Spring
Summer (Poussin) ⓘ Summer, or Ruth and Boaz ⓘ Winter (Poussin) ⓘ Winter, or The Flood ⓘ |
| inception | 1660s ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Italian landscape tradition
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classical antiquity ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| location |
Louvre Museum
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Paris ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
cycle of nature
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human condition ⓘ seasons ⓘ |
| materialUsed | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement | Baroque ⓘ |
| partOf | collection of Nicolas Poussin works at the Louvre ⓘ |
| significantWorkOf | Nicolas Poussin ⓘ |
| surface | canvas ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Four Seasons (Poussin) Description of subject: The Four Seasons is a series of four landscape paintings by Nicolas Poussin that allegorically depict the biblical story of humanity through the changing seasons.
Referenced by (8)
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The Four Seasons
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The Four Seasons
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The Four Seasons
linked to: The Four Seasons (Poussin)
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