Guidoriccio da Fogliano at the Siege of Montemassi

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Gothic painting fresco mural painting

Guidoriccio da Fogliano at the Siege of Montemassi is a famous early 14th-century fresco depicting a mounted condottiere in a stylized siege landscape, long attributed to the Sienese painter Simone Martini and celebrated as a landmark of Gothic mural painting.

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Label	Occurrences
Guidoriccio da Fogliano at the Siege of Montemassi canonical	2
Guidoriccio da Fogliano all’assedio di Montemassi	1
Guidoriccio da Fogliano at the Siege of Montemassi (attributed to Simone Martini)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8447927 — 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: Guidoriccio da Fogliano at the Siege of Montemassi
Context triple: [Simone Martini, notableWork, Guidoriccio da Fogliano at the Siege of Montemassi]

A. Siege of Florence (1529–1530)
The Siege of Florence (1529–1530) was a major conflict in which Imperial and Papal forces besieged and ultimately defeated the last Florentine republic, leading to the restoration of Medici rule over the city.
B. Siege of Ravenna (1512)
The Siege of Ravenna (1512) was a military operation during the War of the League of Cambrai in which French forces besieged the strategically important Italian city of Ravenna shortly before the famous pitched battle fought nearby.
C. Bernardino di Mariotto
Bernardino di Mariotto was an Italian Renaissance painter associated with the Umbrian school, known for his religious works and altarpieces.
D. Battle of Monte Castello
The Battle of Monte Castello was a key World War II engagement in the Italian Campaign where Allied forces, including the Brazilian Expeditionary Force, fought to seize a strategic mountain position from German troops.
E. Siege of Peschiera del Garda
The Siege of Peschiera del Garda was a key 1848 engagement in which Piedmontese and allied Italian forces captured the Austrian-held fortress of Peschiera during the First Italian War of Independence.
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: Guidoriccio da Fogliano at the Siege of Montemassi
Target entity description: Guidoriccio da Fogliano at the Siege of Montemassi is a famous early 14th-century fresco depicting a mounted condottiere in a stylized siege landscape, long attributed to the Sienese painter Simone Martini and celebrated as a landmark of Gothic mural painting.

A. Siege of Florence (1529–1530)
The Siege of Florence (1529–1530) was a major conflict in which Imperial and Papal forces besieged and ultimately defeated the last Florentine republic, leading to the restoration of Medici rule over the city.
B. Siege of Ravenna (1512)
The Siege of Ravenna (1512) was a military operation during the War of the League of Cambrai in which French forces besieged the strategically important Italian city of Ravenna shortly before the famous pitched battle fought nearby.
C. Bernardino di Mariotto
Bernardino di Mariotto was an Italian Renaissance painter associated with the Umbrian school, known for his religious works and altarpieces.
D. Battle of Monte Castello
The Battle of Monte Castello was a key World War II engagement in the Italian Campaign where Allied forces, including the Brazilian Expeditionary Force, fought to seize a strategic mountain position from German troops.
E. Siege of Peschiera del Garda
The Siege of Peschiera del Garda was a key 1848 engagement in which Piedmontese and allied Italian forces captured the Austrian-held fortress of Peschiera during the First Italian War of Independence.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Gothic painting ⓘ fresco ⓘ mural painting ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance	early example of large-scale secular mural ⓘ important work of Sienese school ⓘ landmark of Gothic mural painting ⓘ
artStyle	Sienese Gothic ⓘ linked to: Sienese school
attributionStatus	disputed ⓘ
city	Siena ⓘ
commissionedBy	Republic of Siena ⓘ
country	Italy ⓘ
creator	Simone Martini ⓘ
culture	Sienese Republic ⓘ linked to: Republic of Siena
depicts	Guidoriccio da Fogliano ⓘ banners ⓘ fortified town of Montemassi ⓘ military encampment ⓘ mounted condottiere ⓘ siege of Montemassi ⓘ stylized siege landscape ⓘ tents ⓘ
displayedIn	civic council chamber context ⓘ
function	commemoration of Sienese military victory ⓘ political propaganda ⓘ
genre	historical painting ⓘ
hasBeenAttributedTo	Simone Martini ⓘ
hasPart	castellated hilltop town ⓘ equestrian portrait of Guidoriccio da Fogliano ⓘ heraldic devices ⓘ panoramic landscape ⓘ
hasTitleInItalian	Guidoriccio da Fogliano all’assedio di Montemassi ⓘ linked to: Guidoriccio da Fogliano at the Siege of Montemassi
iconographicTheme	civic power of Siena ⓘ military leadership ⓘ
inception	c. 1330 ⓘ early 14th century ⓘ
languageOfTitle	Italian ⓘ
locatedInTheBuilding	Sala del Mappamondo ⓘ
location	Palazzo Pubblico, Siena ⓘ linked to: Palazzo Pubblico
materialUsed	fresco technique ⓘ
movement	Gothic art ⓘ
originalAttribution	Simone Martini ⓘ
paintingSurface	wall ⓘ
period	Trecento ⓘ
relatedWork	Maestà (Simone Martini) ⓘ linked to: Maestà (Orvieto Cathedral polyptych)
subjectOf	art historical debate on authorship ⓘ studies of medieval cartographic space in painting ⓘ
title	Guidoriccio da Fogliano at the Siege of Montemassi ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

Simone Martini → notableWork → Guidoriccio da Fogliano at the Siege of Montemassi ⓘ

Civic Museum of Siena → collectionIncludes → Guidoriccio da Fogliano at the Siege of Montemassi (attributed to Simone Martini) ⓘ

linked to: Guidoriccio da Fogliano at the Siege of Montemassi

Guidoriccio da Fogliano at the Siege of Montemassi → title → Guidoriccio da Fogliano at the Siege of Montemassi ⓘ

Guidoriccio da Fogliano at the Siege of Montemassi → hasTitleInItalian → Guidoriccio da Fogliano all’assedio di Montemassi ⓘ