The Staircase Group
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The Staircase Group is a famous 1795 trompe-l'œil double portrait by American artist Charles Willson Peale depicting two of his sons ascending a staircase with striking illusionistic realism.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Staircase Group canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10022770 — 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 Staircase Group Context triple: [Charles Willson Peale, notableWork, The Staircase Group]
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A.
Hillside Group
Hillside Group is a software patterns and agile development community best known for organizing the PLoP (Pattern Languages of Programs) conferences and advancing the use of design patterns in software engineering.
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B.
Osvald Group
The Osvald Group was a Norwegian communist-led resistance organization renowned for its early and aggressive sabotage operations against Nazi occupation forces during World War II.
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C.
Palisaide group
The Palisaide group is a mountain group or range that includes Starlight Peak among its summits.
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D.
Incursori Group
The Incursori Group is an elite Italian Navy special operations unit specializing in maritime commando, sabotage, and reconnaissance missions.
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E.
Society of Six
Society of Six was a group of early 20th-century Northern California plein-air painters known for their vibrant, modernist landscapes and influential role in West Coast art.
- 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 Staircase Group Target entity description: The Staircase Group is a famous 1795 trompe-l'œil double portrait by American artist Charles Willson Peale depicting two of his sons ascending a staircase with striking illusionistic realism.
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A.
Hillside Group
Hillside Group is a software patterns and agile development community best known for organizing the PLoP (Pattern Languages of Programs) conferences and advancing the use of design patterns in software engineering.
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B.
Osvald Group
The Osvald Group was a Norwegian communist-led resistance organization renowned for its early and aggressive sabotage operations against Nazi occupation forces during World War II.
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C.
Palisaide group
The Palisaide group is a mountain group or range that includes Starlight Peak among its summits.
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D.
Incursori Group
The Incursori Group is an elite Italian Navy special operations unit specializing in maritime commando, sabotage, and reconnaissance missions.
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E.
Society of Six
Society of Six was a group of early 20th-century Northern California plein-air painters known for their vibrant, modernist landscapes and influential role in West Coast art.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
double portrait
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painting ⓘ trompe-l'œil painting ⓘ |
| artForm | oil on canvas ⓘ |
| artworkSurface | canvas ⓘ |
| collection | Philadelphia Museum of Art collection ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United States of America ⓘ |
| creator | Charles Willson Peale ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | American ⓘ |
| depicts |
Raphaelle Peale
ⓘ
Titian Ramsay Peale ⓘ interior architectural setting ⓘ two young men ascending a staircase ⓘ |
| describedAs | famous American trompe-l'œil painting ⓘ |
| exhibitionHistory | displayed in Peale’s Museum in Philadelphia ⓘ |
| genre |
portrait painting
ⓘ
trompe-l'œil ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Double Portrait of Raphaelle Peale and Titian Ramsay Peale
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linked to:
Charles Willson Peale
|
| hasArtisticTheme |
family
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illusion ⓘ |
| hasEffect | illusionistic realism ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
Neoclassical portraiture
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realism ⓘ |
| hasTitleInEnglish | The Staircase Group ⓘ |
| inception | 1795 ⓘ |
| influencedBy | European trompe-l'œil traditions ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | none ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Philadelphia ⓘ |
| location | Philadelphia Museum of Art ⓘ |
| mainSubject | members of the Peale family ⓘ |
| materialUsed | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement |
American Neoclassicism
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linked to:
Neoclassicism
|
| notableFeature |
convincing spatial illusion of a staircase
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life-size figures ⓘ painted architectural frame integrated with real frame ⓘ |
| partOf |
Peale family portraits
ⓘ
linked to:
Peale
|
| significantEvent | early American example of sophisticated trompe-l'œil technique ⓘ |
| significantFigure |
Raphaelle Peale
ⓘ
Titian Ramsay Peale ⓘ |
| subjectOf | art historical scholarship on American trompe-l'œil ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Staircase Group Description of subject: The Staircase Group is a famous 1795 trompe-l'œil double portrait by American artist Charles Willson Peale depicting two of his sons ascending a staircase with striking illusionistic realism.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.