Death of the Virgin

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Christian art painting religious painting

Death of the Virgin is a late 15th-century religious painting by Flemish master Hugo van der Goes depicting the final moments of the Virgin Mary surrounded by the apostles.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Death of the Virgin canonical	2
The Death of the Virgin (Hugo van der Goes)	1
The Death of the Virgin by Hugo van der Goes	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7682094 — 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: Death of the Virgin
Context triple: [Hugo van der Goes, notableWork, Death of the Virgin]

A. Death of the Virgin
Death of the Virgin is a renowned Baroque painting by Caravaggio depicting the Virgin Mary's death with stark realism and dramatic chiaroscuro, notable for its emotional intensity and controversial naturalism.
B. The Martyr
"The Martyr" is a short story by Japanese author Ryūnosuke Akutagawa that explores themes of faith, identity, and cultural conflict in a Christian context in feudal Japan.
C. Mysteria Dolorosa
Mysteria Dolorosa are the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary in Catholic tradition, meditating on Christ’s passion and suffering.
D. The Martyrs
The Martyrs is the nickname of Merthyr Town F.C., a Welsh football club based in Merthyr Tydfil known for its passionate local support and history in the English football pyramid.
E. House of the Black Madonna
The House of the Black Madonna is a landmark Cubist building in Prague, renowned as one of the earliest and most important examples of Czech architectural Cubism.
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: Death of the Virgin
Target entity description: Death of the Virgin is a late 15th-century religious painting by Flemish master Hugo van der Goes depicting the final moments of the Virgin Mary surrounded by the apostles.

A. Death of the Virgin
Death of the Virgin is a renowned Baroque painting by Caravaggio depicting the Virgin Mary's death with stark realism and dramatic chiaroscuro, notable for its emotional intensity and controversial naturalism.
B. The Martyr
"The Martyr" is a short story by Japanese author Ryūnosuke Akutagawa that explores themes of faith, identity, and cultural conflict in a Christian context in feudal Japan.
C. Mysteria Dolorosa
Mysteria Dolorosa are the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary in Catholic tradition, meditating on Christ’s passion and suffering.
D. The Martyrs
The Martyrs is the nickname of Merthyr Town F.C., a Welsh football club based in Merthyr Tydfil known for its passionate local support and history in the English football pyramid.
E. House of the Black Madonna
The House of the Black Madonna is a landmark Cubist building in Prague, renowned as one of the earliest and most important examples of Czech architectural Cubism.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian art ⓘ painting ⓘ religious painting ⓘ
artForm	panel painting ⓘ
artist	Hugo van der Goes ⓘ
artisticTradition	Flemish Primitives ⓘ linked to: Flemish Primitives art
basedOn	New Testament apocrypha ⓘ linked to: Apocryphal New Testament writings legend of the Dormition of the Virgin ⓘ
colorPalette	typical Northern Renaissance palette ⓘ
composition	central figure of Mary surrounded by apostles ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Flanders ⓘ
creator	Hugo van der Goes ⓘ
creatorNationality	Flemish ⓘ
culture	Flemish ⓘ
depicts	Apostles ⓘ Christian apostles ⓘ Dormition of the Virgin ⓘ linked to: Dormition of the Theotokos Virgin Mary ⓘ death of the Virgin Mary ⓘ linked to: The Death of the Virgin
genre	religious art ⓘ
hasPart	bed of the Virgin Mary ⓘ group of apostles around Mary ⓘ interior domestic setting ⓘ
iconography	Dormition iconography ⓘ Marian iconography ⓘ
inception	late 15th century ⓘ
languageOfWork	none ⓘ
mainSubject	Virgin Mary ⓘ
movement	Early Netherlandish painting ⓘ linked to: Flemish Primitives art
narrativeTheme	Marian devotion ⓘ death ⓘ last moments of the Virgin Mary ⓘ
notableWorkOf	Hugo van der Goes ⓘ
portrays	final moments of the Virgin Mary ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
religiousTradition	Catholic ⓘ
schoolOf	Flemish school ⓘ linked to: Flemish Primitives art
style	Early Netherlandish ⓘ linked to: Flemish Primitives art Northern Renaissance ⓘ
subjectHeading	Virgin Mary—Death ⓘ linked to: Our Lady of Sorrows
timePeriod	15th century ⓘ
useOfMedium	oil paint ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hugo van der Goes → notableWork → Death of the Virgin ⓘ

Groeningemuseum → notableWorkInCollection → The Death of the Virgin (Hugo van der Goes) ⓘ

linked to: Death of the Virgin

The Life of the Virgin (engraving series) → depicts → Death of the Virgin ⓘ

Groeningemuseum, Bruges → notableWorkInCollection → The Death of the Virgin by Hugo van der Goes ⓘ