The Origin of the World
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The Origin of the World is an 1866 realist oil painting by Gustave Courbet that provocatively depicts a close-up view of a woman's genitals, challenging 19th-century artistic and social conventions.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Origin of the World canonical | 4 |
| origin of the world | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T549049 — 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 Origin of the World Context triple: [Gustave Courbet, notableWork, The Origin of the World]
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A.
Caput Mundi
Caput Mundi is a Latin epithet meaning "capital of the world," historically used to emphasize Rome’s central importance in politics, culture, and civilization.
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B.
Ancient of Days
Ancient of Days is a biblical title depicting God as the eternal, sovereign judge who exists from everlasting to everlasting.
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C.
Galatea of the Spheres
Galatea of the Spheres is a 1952 surrealist painting by Salvador Dalí that depicts a fragmented, spherical representation of his wife Gala, reflecting his fascination with nuclear physics and mysticism.
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D.
The Astronomer
"The Astronomer" is a 17th-century painting by Dutch master Johannes Vermeer depicting a scholar studying the heavens in a meticulously rendered interior scene.
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E.
Deus sive Natura
Deus sive Natura is Baruch Spinoza’s philosophical conception of God as identical with the single, all-encompassing substance of nature and reality.
- 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 Origin of the World Target entity description: The Origin of the World is an 1866 realist oil painting by Gustave Courbet that provocatively depicts a close-up view of a woman's genitals, challenging 19th-century artistic and social conventions.
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A.
Caput Mundi
Caput Mundi is a Latin epithet meaning "capital of the world," historically used to emphasize Rome’s central importance in politics, culture, and civilization.
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B.
Ancient of Days
Ancient of Days is a biblical title depicting God as the eternal, sovereign judge who exists from everlasting to everlasting.
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C.
Galatea of the Spheres
Galatea of the Spheres is a 1952 surrealist painting by Salvador Dalí that depicts a fragmented, spherical representation of his wife Gala, reflecting his fascination with nuclear physics and mysticism.
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D.
The Astronomer
"The Astronomer" is a 17th-century painting by Dutch master Johannes Vermeer depicting a scholar studying the heavens in a meticulously rendered interior scene.
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E.
Deus sive Natura
Deus sive Natura is Baruch Spinoza’s philosophical conception of God as identical with the single, all-encompassing substance of nature and reality.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
oil painting
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painting ⓘ realist painting ⓘ |
| acquisitionDate | 1995 ⓘ |
| artHistoricalContext | 19th-century French art ⓘ |
| artisticTheme |
eroticism
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female body ⓘ origin of life ⓘ provocation ⓘ sexuality ⓘ |
| artworkSurface | canvas ⓘ |
| catalogCode |
Musée d’Orsay RF 1995-3
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linked to:
Musée d'Orsay
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| collection |
Musée d’Orsay
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linked to:
Musée d'Orsay
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| collectionType | public museum collection ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Gustave Courbet ⓘ |
| creatorGender | male ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | French ⓘ |
| depicts |
abdomen of a woman
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female genitals ⓘ female nude ⓘ pubic hair ⓘ thighs of a woman ⓘ |
| genre | Realism ⓘ |
| hasCensorshipHistory | true ⓘ |
| hasCommissioner | Khalil-Bey ⓘ |
| hasDepictionAngle | close-up view ⓘ |
| hasOnlineCensorshipIncidents | true ⓘ |
| hasReference | often discussed in art history literature ⓘ |
| inception | 1866 ⓘ |
| influenced |
discussions of artistic freedom
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feminist art criticism ⓘ later debates on pornography and art ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
France
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Paris ⓘ |
| location |
Musée d’Orsay
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linked to:
Musée d'Orsay
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| materialUsed | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement | Realism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
challenge to 19th-century artistic conventions
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challenge to 19th-century social conventions ⓘ controversial subject matter ⓘ explicit depiction of female genitals ⓘ |
| originalLanguageTitle | L’Origine du monde ⓘ |
| paintingTechnique | realist technique ⓘ |
| previousOwner |
Jacques Lacan
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Khalil-Bey ⓘ Sylvia Bataille ⓘ |
| subjectGender | female ⓘ |
| title | The Origin of the World ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Origin of the World Description of subject: The Origin of the World is an 1866 realist oil painting by Gustave Courbet that provocatively depicts a close-up view of a woman's genitals, challenging 19th-century artistic and social conventions.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.