Auguste Rodin
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Auguste Rodin was a pioneering French sculptor of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, renowned for expressive masterpieces such as "The Thinker" and "The Gates of Hell."
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Auguste Rodin canonical | 128 |
| Rodin | 7 |
| François-Auguste-René Rodin | 2 |
| Auguste Rodin (by donation of works and property to the French state) | 1 |
| Rose Rodin | 1 |
| works of Auguste Rodin | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T510518 — 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: Auguste Rodin Context triple: [Musée d'Orsay, notableArtistInCollection, Auguste Rodin]
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Odilon Redon
Odilon Redon was a French Symbolist painter and printmaker known for his dreamlike, often fantastical imagery that bridged 19th-century Romanticism and early modern art movements.
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Léon Bonnat
Léon Bonnat was a prominent 19th-century French painter and influential teacher known for his realist portraits and for mentoring many leading artists of his time.
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Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi was a 19th-century French sculptor best known for creating the Statue of Liberty.
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Gustave Moreau
Gustave Moreau was a 19th-century French Symbolist painter renowned for his richly detailed, dreamlike depictions of mythological and biblical subjects.
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was a French Post-Impressionist painter and printmaker renowned for his vivid depictions of Parisian nightlife, especially the cabarets and dancers of Montmartre.
- 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: Auguste Rodin Target entity description: Auguste Rodin was a pioneering French sculptor of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, renowned for expressive masterpieces such as "The Thinker" and "The Gates of Hell."
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A.
Odilon Redon
Odilon Redon was a French Symbolist painter and printmaker known for his dreamlike, often fantastical imagery that bridged 19th-century Romanticism and early modern art movements.
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B.
Léon Bonnat
Léon Bonnat was a prominent 19th-century French painter and influential teacher known for his realist portraits and for mentoring many leading artists of his time.
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C.
Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi was a 19th-century French sculptor best known for creating the Statue of Liberty.
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D.
Gustave Moreau
Gustave Moreau was a 19th-century French Symbolist painter renowned for his richly detailed, dreamlike depictions of mythological and biblical subjects.
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E.
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was a French Post-Impressionist painter and printmaker renowned for his vivid depictions of Parisian nightlife, especially the cabarets and dancers of Montmartre.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Auguste Rodin Description of subject: Auguste Rodin was a pioneering French sculptor of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, renowned for expressive masterpieces such as "The Thinker" and "The Gates of Hell."
Referenced by (140)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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subject linked to:
The Burghers of Calais (sculpture)
linked to: Auguste Rodin
Musée Rodin, Paris
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Auguste Rodin (by donation of works and property to the French state)
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linked to: Auguste Rodin
subject linked to:
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen
subject linked to:
The Kiss