The Punishment of the Rebels
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The Punishment of the Rebels is a fresco by Sandro Botticelli, created for the Sistine Chapel, depicting a dramatic biblical scene of rebellion against Moses and Aaron.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Punishment of the Rebels canonical | 2 |
| Punizione dei ribelli | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9556282 — 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 Punishment of the Rebels Context triple: [Sandro Botticelli, notableWork, The Punishment of the Rebels]
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A.
Points of Rebellion
Points of Rebellion is a 1969 book by U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas that critiques social and political injustices in America and warns of rising civil unrest if reforms are not made.
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B.
Eleven Years' Tyranny
Eleven Years' Tyranny refers to the period from 1629 to 1640 when King Charles I ruled England without calling Parliament, marked by controversial taxation and growing political and religious tensions.
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C.
Chronicles of the Great Rebellion
Chronicles of the Great Rebellion is a historical work by American publisher and author George Palmer Putnam that recounts events of the American Civil War.
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D.
High Water Mark of the Rebellion
The High Water Mark of the Rebellion is a landmark on the Gettysburg battlefield marking the farthest advance of Confederate forces during Pickett’s Charge and symbolizing the turning point of the American Civil War.
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E.
The Conquering Power
The Conquering Power is a 1921 American silent romantic drama film directed by Rex Ingram and starring Rudolph Valentino and Alice Terry, adapted from Honoré de Balzac’s novel "Eugénie Grandet."
- 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 Punishment of the Rebels Target entity description: The Punishment of the Rebels is a fresco by Sandro Botticelli, created for the Sistine Chapel, depicting a dramatic biblical scene of rebellion against Moses and Aaron.
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A.
Points of Rebellion
Points of Rebellion is a 1969 book by U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas that critiques social and political injustices in America and warns of rising civil unrest if reforms are not made.
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B.
Eleven Years' Tyranny
Eleven Years' Tyranny refers to the period from 1629 to 1640 when King Charles I ruled England without calling Parliament, marked by controversial taxation and growing political and religious tensions.
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C.
Chronicles of the Great Rebellion
Chronicles of the Great Rebellion is a historical work by American publisher and author George Palmer Putnam that recounts events of the American Civil War.
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D.
High Water Mark of the Rebellion
The High Water Mark of the Rebellion is a landmark on the Gettysburg battlefield marking the farthest advance of Confederate forces during Pickett’s Charge and symbolizing the turning point of the American Civil War.
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E.
The Conquering Power
The Conquering Power is a 1921 American silent romantic drama film directed by Rex Ingram and starring Rudolph Valentino and Alice Terry, adapted from Honoré de Balzac’s novel "Eugénie Grandet."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fresco
ⓘ
religious painting ⓘ |
| artForm | mural painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalContext | decoration of the Sistine Chapel before Michelangelo's ceiling ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Book of Numbers
ⓘ
Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Korah's rebellion ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Pope Sixtus IV ⓘ |
| commissionedFor | Papal chapel decoration program ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1482 ⓘ |
| country | Vatican City ⓘ |
| creator | Sandro Botticelli ⓘ |
| depicts |
biblical scene
ⓘ
rebellion against Moses and Aaron ⓘ |
| depictsCharacter |
Aaron
ⓘ
Korah ⓘ Moses ⓘ |
| depictsContrast | faithful followers versus rebellious Israelites ⓘ |
| depictsEvent |
earth swallowing the rebels
ⓘ
punishment of the rebellious Israelites ⓘ |
| depictsMiracle | miraculous punishment of the rebels ⓘ |
| depictsSetting |
Israelites in the wilderness
ⓘ
linked to:
Israelites’ wilderness wanderings
|
| depictsTheme |
authority of the priesthood
ⓘ
divine justice ⓘ obedience to God ⓘ |
| genre | Christian art ⓘ |
| hasInfluence | Italian Renaissance religious iconography ⓘ |
| hasMedium | pigments on wet plaster ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | multiple-point perspective composition ⓘ |
| hasStyle | Florentine Renaissance style ⓘ |
| hasSubject | Old Testament narrative ⓘ |
| inception | 1481 ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Vatican City ⓘ |
| location | Sistine Chapel ⓘ |
| materialUsed | fresco technique ⓘ |
| movement | Early Renaissance ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Punizione dei ribelli
ⓘ
linked to:
The Punishment of the Rebels
|
| originalTitleLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| partOf |
Sistine Chapel wall decoration cycle
ⓘ
linked to:
Sistine Chapel
|
| partOfSeries | Life of Moses fresco cycle ⓘ |
| positionInChapel | right wall of the Sistine Chapel ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| significantWorkOf | Sandro Botticelli ⓘ |
| usedFor | decoration of a religious building ⓘ |
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