Victor David Brenner
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Victor David Brenner was a Lithuanian-American sculptor and engraver best known for designing the portrait of Abraham Lincoln used on the U.S. Lincoln cent.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Victor David Brenner canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7485039 — 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: Victor David Brenner Context triple: [Lincoln cent, designerOfObverse, Victor David Brenner]
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A.
Irving Brecher
Irving Brecher was an American screenwriter best known for his work on Marx Brothers comedies and classic Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s.
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B.
Fritz Bernstein
Fritz Bernstein was a Zionist economist and Israeli politician who served as a member of Israel’s pre-state legislature and later as Minister of Trade and Industry.
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C.
Victor Finkelstein
Victor Finkelstein was a pioneering disability rights activist and theorist who helped shape the social model of disability in the United Kingdom.
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D.
Leonard Bramer
Leonard Bramer was a Dutch Golden Age painter known for his atmospheric nocturnal scenes and history paintings influenced by Italian art.
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E.
Edmund Meisel
Edmund Meisel was a German composer best known for his pioneering, politically charged film scores for silent cinema, particularly his work on Soviet montage films.
- 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: Victor David Brenner Target entity description: Victor David Brenner was a Lithuanian-American sculptor and engraver best known for designing the portrait of Abraham Lincoln used on the U.S. Lincoln cent.
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A.
Irving Brecher
Irving Brecher was an American screenwriter best known for his work on Marx Brothers comedies and classic Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s.
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B.
Fritz Bernstein
Fritz Bernstein was a Zionist economist and Israeli politician who served as a member of Israel’s pre-state legislature and later as Minister of Trade and Industry.
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C.
Victor Finkelstein
Victor Finkelstein was a pioneering disability rights activist and theorist who helped shape the social model of disability in the United Kingdom.
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D.
Leonard Bramer
Leonard Bramer was a Dutch Golden Age painter known for his atmospheric nocturnal scenes and history paintings influenced by Italian art.
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E.
Edmund Meisel
Edmund Meisel was a German composer best known for his pioneering, politically charged film scores for silent cinema, particularly his work on Soviet montage films.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
engraver
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medalist ⓘ person ⓘ sculptor ⓘ |
| activeYears |
early 20th century
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late 19th century ⓘ |
| appearsOn | initials V.D.B. on early 1909 Lincoln cents ⓘ |
| artStyle | realism ⓘ |
| birthName | Avigdor David Brenner ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth |
Lithuania
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Russian Empire ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfImmigration | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1871-06-12 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1924-04-05 ⓘ |
| designed |
medals for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition
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numerous portrait medals of prominent figures ⓘ obverse of the U.S. one-cent coin introduced in 1909 ⓘ portrait of Abraham Lincoln used on the U.S. Lincoln cent ⓘ reverse of various commemorative medals ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Académie Julian
ⓘ
École des Beaux-Arts ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Lithuanian ⓘ |
| familyName | Brenner ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
medallic sculpture
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numismatic art ⓘ |
| genre |
medallic portraiture
ⓘ
portrait sculpture ⓘ |
| givenName | Victor ⓘ |
| knownFor |
designing the Lincoln cent
ⓘ
medallic portraits of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Yiddish ⓘ |
| movedTo | New York City ⓘ |
| name | Victor David Brenner ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Abraham Lincoln plaque
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Lincoln cent obverse design ⓘ
linked to:
Lincoln cent
|
| occupation |
engraver
ⓘ
medalist ⓘ sculptor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Šiauliai ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | New York City ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| removedFrom | reverse initials V.D.B. on Lincoln cent after public controversy ⓘ |
| residence | Brooklyn ⓘ |
| signature | V.D.B. ⓘ |
| studiedUnder | Oscar Roty ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Victor David Brenner Description of subject: Victor David Brenner was a Lithuanian-American sculptor and engraver best known for designing the portrait of Abraham Lincoln used on the U.S. Lincoln cent.
Referenced by (5)
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