The Pope (plate)
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The Pope (plate) is a specific woodcut from the "Dance of Death" series depicting Death confronting a pope to illustrate the universality of mortality, even among the highest religious authorities.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Pope (plate) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10221875 — 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 Pope (plate) Context triple: [Dance of Death woodcuts, hasPart, The Pope (plate)]
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A.
Plopeni
Plopeni is a small industrial town in southern Romania, located in Prahova County near the city of Ploiești.
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B.
Cugnoli
Cugnoli is a small Italian municipality in the Abruzzo region, known for its rural landscape and traditional local culture.
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C.
Hungo Pavi
Hungo Pavi is a large ancestral Puebloan great house ruin in New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon, notable for its massive masonry walls and numerous rooms.
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D.
Pici
Pici is a suborder of birds that primarily includes woodpeckers and their close relatives, characterized by strong bills and specialized climbing adaptations.
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E.
Pepis
Pepis is an alternative historical spelling of the surname Pepys, most famously associated with the 17th-century English diarist Samuel Pepys.
- 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 Pope (plate) Target entity description: The Pope (plate) is a specific woodcut from the "Dance of Death" series depicting Death confronting a pope to illustrate the universality of mortality, even among the highest religious authorities.
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A.
Plopeni
Plopeni is a small industrial town in southern Romania, located in Prahova County near the city of Ploiești.
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B.
Cugnoli
Cugnoli is a small Italian municipality in the Abruzzo region, known for its rural landscape and traditional local culture.
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C.
Hungo Pavi
Hungo Pavi is a large ancestral Puebloan great house ruin in New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon, notable for its massive masonry walls and numerous rooms.
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D.
Pici
Pici is a suborder of birds that primarily includes woodpeckers and their close relatives, characterized by strong bills and specialized climbing adaptations.
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E.
Pepis
Pepis is an alternative historical spelling of the surname Pepys, most famously associated with the 17th-century English diarist Samuel Pepys.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artwork
ⓘ
print from the Dance of Death series ⓘ woodcut print ⓘ |
| artForm | print ⓘ |
| artMovement | Northern Renaissance ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Christian Europe
ⓘ
linked to:
Christendom
|
| depicts |
Death confronting a pope
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personification of Death ⓘ pope ⓘ
linked to:
Pope
|
| genre |
allegorical art
ⓘ
religious art ⓘ |
| illustrates |
death spares no one
ⓘ
mortality of religious leaders ⓘ |
| intendedMessage | even the highest religious authorities are subject to death ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| medium | woodcut ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | one scene in a sequence of encounters with Death ⓘ |
| partOf |
Dance of Death (series)
ⓘ
linked to:
Dance of Death
|
| series | Dance of Death ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
death
ⓘ
papacy ⓘ religious authority ⓘ |
| theme |
equality of all before death
ⓘ
inevitability of mortality ⓘ memento mori ⓘ universality of death ⓘ |
| title |
The Pope
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linked to:
Pope
|
| visualMotif |
contrast between worldly power and death
ⓘ
papal regalia ⓘ skeleton representing Death ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Pope (plate) Description of subject: The Pope (plate) is a specific woodcut from the "Dance of Death" series depicting Death confronting a pope to illustrate the universality of mortality, even among the highest religious authorities.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.