The Five Senses (series)
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The Five Senses is a series of genre paintings by David Teniers the Younger that allegorically depict everyday 17th-century Flemish life while personifying each of the human senses.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Five Senses (series) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9089615 — 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 Five Senses (series) Context triple: [David Teniers the Younger, notableWork, The Five Senses (series)]
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A.
Education of the Senses
Education of the Senses is a historical study by Peter Gay that explores the evolution of bourgeois attitudes toward sexuality and intimacy in 19th-century Europe.
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B.
Senses Working Overtime
"Senses Working Overtime" is a 1982 hit single by the English rock band XTC, known for its inventive pop songwriting and vivid, sensory-driven lyrics.
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C.
The Connection of the Senses
The Connection of the Senses is a philosophical work by P. F. Strawson that explores how different sensory modalities contribute to our unified experience of the world.
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D.
Whiz Kids
The Whiz Kids were the young, upstart Philadelphia Phillies team that captured the National League pennant and reached the 1950 World Series.
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E.
The Five
The Five were a group of 19th-century Russian composers dedicated to creating a distinct national style of classical music, free from heavy Western European influence.
- 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 Five Senses (series) Target entity description: The Five Senses is a series of genre paintings by David Teniers the Younger that allegorically depict everyday 17th-century Flemish life while personifying each of the human senses.
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A.
Education of the Senses
Education of the Senses is a historical study by Peter Gay that explores the evolution of bourgeois attitudes toward sexuality and intimacy in 19th-century Europe.
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B.
Senses Working Overtime
"Senses Working Overtime" is a 1982 hit single by the English rock band XTC, known for its inventive pop songwriting and vivid, sensory-driven lyrics.
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C.
The Connection of the Senses
The Connection of the Senses is a philosophical work by P. F. Strawson that explores how different sensory modalities contribute to our unified experience of the world.
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D.
Whiz Kids
The Whiz Kids were the young, upstart Philadelphia Phillies team that captured the National League pennant and reached the 1950 World Series.
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E.
The Five
The Five were a group of 19th-century Russian composers dedicated to creating a distinct national style of classical music, free from heavy Western European influence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genre painting series
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painting series ⓘ |
| artForm | oil painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalCategory | allegories of the senses ⓘ |
| artisticSchool | Flemish painting ⓘ |
| artisticStyle | detailed genre realism ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Antwerp art market ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Southern Netherlands ⓘ |
| creator | David Teniers the Younger ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | Flemish ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Counter-Reformation Southern Netherlands
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linked to:
Catholic Church in the Low Countries
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| depicts |
domestic interiors
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everyday 17th-century Flemish life ⓘ food and drink ⓘ interiors with figures engaged in sensory activities ⓘ musical performance ⓘ social interaction ⓘ tavern scenes ⓘ |
| genre |
allegorical painting
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genre painting ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Hearing (painting by David Teniers the Younger)
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Sight (painting by David Teniers the Younger) ⓘ Smell (painting by David Teniers the Younger) ⓘ Taste (painting by David Teniers the Younger) ⓘ Touch (painting by David Teniers the Younger) ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
everyday life
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moralizing allegory ⓘ sensory experience ⓘ |
| iconography | objects symbolizing each sense ⓘ |
| influencedBy | earlier Flemish allegorical traditions ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle |
Dutch
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English ⓘ French ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
five senses
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human senses ⓘ |
| movement | Flemish Baroque ⓘ |
| notableFor |
combination of everyday realism and allegory
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personification of abstract concepts through common people ⓘ |
| portrays |
contemporary 17th-century clothing
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middle-class Flemish interiors ⓘ musical instruments ⓘ smoking and drinking ⓘ tableware and food ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
The Five Senses (series by Jan Brueghel the Elder and others)
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linked to:
Allegory of the Five Senses series
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| timePeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
| useOfAllegory | personification of each of the human senses ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Five Senses (series) Description of subject: The Five Senses is a series of genre paintings by David Teniers the Younger that allegorically depict everyday 17th-century Flemish life while personifying each of the human senses.
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