Charles de La Fosse
E82873
Charles de La Fosse was a prominent French Baroque painter known for his decorative ceiling and religious works, and for helping transition French art toward the Rococo style.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Charles de La Fosse canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T564419 — 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: Charles de La Fosse Context triple: [Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture, hadMember, Charles de La Fosse]
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A.
Charles-René de Bombelles
Charles-René de Bombelles was a French nobleman and military officer who became the third husband of Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma, Napoleon Bonaparte’s former empress.
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B.
Joseph-Gaspard Tascher de La Pagerie
Joseph-Gaspard Tascher de La Pagerie was a French colonial planter from Martinique best known as the father of Empress Joséphine, the first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte.
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C.
Charles-Michel Trudaine de la Sablière
Charles-Michel Trudaine de la Sablière was an 18th-century French aristocrat and influential patron of the arts known for supporting major Enlightenment-era artists and intellectuals.
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D.
Jacques de Maleville
Jacques de Maleville was a French jurist and politician who played a key role as one of the principal drafters of France’s Civil Code under Napoleon.
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E.
Auguste de Montferrand
Auguste de Montferrand was a 19th-century French-born architect best known for designing monumental neoclassical buildings in Russia, most notably in Saint Petersburg.
- 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: Charles de La Fosse Target entity description: Charles de La Fosse was a prominent French Baroque painter known for his decorative ceiling and religious works, and for helping transition French art toward the Rococo style.
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A.
Charles-René de Bombelles
Charles-René de Bombelles was a French nobleman and military officer who became the third husband of Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma, Napoleon Bonaparte’s former empress.
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B.
Joseph-Gaspard Tascher de La Pagerie
Joseph-Gaspard Tascher de La Pagerie was a French colonial planter from Martinique best known as the father of Empress Joséphine, the first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte.
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C.
Charles-Michel Trudaine de la Sablière
Charles-Michel Trudaine de la Sablière was an 18th-century French aristocrat and influential patron of the arts known for supporting major Enlightenment-era artists and intellectuals.
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D.
Jacques de Maleville
Jacques de Maleville was a French jurist and politician who played a key role as one of the principal drafters of France’s Civil Code under Napoleon.
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E.
Auguste de Montferrand
Auguste de Montferrand was a 19th-century French-born architect best known for designing monumental neoclassical buildings in Russia, most notably in Saint Petersburg.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French Baroque painter
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painter ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activeIn |
Ancien Régime France
ⓘ
linked to:
Ancien Régime
|
| birthCountry | France ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1636-06-15 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Paris ⓘ |
| commissionedBy |
Louis XIV
ⓘ
linked to:
Louis XIV of France
|
| deathCountry | France ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1716-12-13 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Paris ⓘ |
| era |
17th century
ⓘ
early 18th century ⓘ |
| genre |
allegorical painting
ⓘ
mythological painting ⓘ religious art ⓘ |
| influenced | French Rococo painters ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Charles Le Brun
ⓘ
Paolo Veronese ⓘ
linked to:
Veronese
Titian ⓘ Venetian painting ⓘ
linked to:
Venetian Renaissance
|
| knownFor |
decorative ceiling paintings
ⓘ
helping transition French art toward the Rococo style ⓘ history paintings ⓘ religious paintings ⓘ |
| memberOf | Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture ⓘ |
| movement |
Baroque
ⓘ
Rococo ⓘ
linked to:
Rococo architecture
|
| name | Charles de La Fosse ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Ceiling decoration of the Salon d’Apollon, Louvre
ⓘ
Ceiling of the dome of the Invalides church, Paris ⓘ
linked to:
Hôtel des Invalides
The Adoration of the Magi ⓘ
linked to:
Adoration of the Magi
The Finding of Moses ⓘ The Rape of Proserpine ⓘ
linked to:
The Rape of Proserpina
|
| occupation |
decorative artist
ⓘ
painter ⓘ |
| patron | French royal court ⓘ |
| positionHeld | director of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture ⓘ |
| studentOf | Charles Le Brun ⓘ |
| style |
colorist
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decorative ⓘ |
| workLocation |
London
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linked to:
London, England
Paris ⓘ Rome ⓘ Venice ⓘ Versailles ⓘ |
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Referenced by (5)
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