The Knight (plate)
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The Knight (plate) is a woodcut from Hans Holbein the Younger’s "Dance of Death" series, depicting a skeletal figure confronting a knight to symbolize the inevitability of death.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Knight (plate) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10221877 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Knight (plate) Context triple: [Dance of Death woodcuts, hasPart, The Knight (plate)]
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Iron Knight, Silver Vase
"Iron Knight, Silver Vase" is a wuxia novel by Wang Dulu that forms part of his Crane-Iron series, which inspired the Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon films.
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Savoy shield
The Savoy shield is the heraldic emblem of the House of Savoy, featuring a white cross on a red background, historically used as a central symbol of the Savoyard dynasty and the Italian monarchy.
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Mercedarian shield
The Mercedarian shield is the heraldic emblem of the Order of Our Lady of Mercy, symbolizing its Marian devotion and mission of mercy and redemption.
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Black Prince
The Black Prince, formally Edward of Woodstock, was a renowned 14th-century English prince and military commander celebrated for his victories at battles such as Crécy and Poitiers during the Hundred Years' War.
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E.
Knight 1st Class
Knight 1st Class is a distinguished rank within Denmark’s Order of the Dannebrog, typically awarded to individuals for notable meritorious service to the Danish state or society.
- 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 Knight (plate) Target entity description: The Knight (plate) is a woodcut from Hans Holbein the Younger’s "Dance of Death" series, depicting a skeletal figure confronting a knight to symbolize the inevitability of death.
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A.
Iron Knight, Silver Vase
"Iron Knight, Silver Vase" is a wuxia novel by Wang Dulu that forms part of his Crane-Iron series, which inspired the Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon films.
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B.
Savoy shield
The Savoy shield is the heraldic emblem of the House of Savoy, featuring a white cross on a red background, historically used as a central symbol of the Savoyard dynasty and the Italian monarchy.
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C.
Mercedarian shield
The Mercedarian shield is the heraldic emblem of the Order of Our Lady of Mercy, symbolizing its Marian devotion and mission of mercy and redemption.
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D.
Black Prince
The Black Prince, formally Edward of Woodstock, was a renowned 14th-century English prince and military commander celebrated for his victories at battles such as Crécy and Poitiers during the Hundred Years' War.
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E.
Knight 1st Class
Knight 1st Class is a distinguished rank within Denmark’s Order of the Dannebrog, typically awarded to individuals for notable meritorious service to the Danish state or society.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artwork
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woodcut print ⓘ |
| artForm | printmaking ⓘ |
| artisticSchool | Basel school ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Reformation-era moral commentary ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Germany
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Switzerland ⓘ |
| creator | Hans Holbein the Younger ⓘ |
| depicts |
armed horseman
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armor ⓘ contrast between worldly dignity and mortality ⓘ horse ⓘ interaction between living and dead ⓘ knight ⓘ landscape background ⓘ moment of interruption in knight’s journey ⓘ personification of Death ⓘ skeletal figure ⓘ |
| genre | memento mori ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Hans Holbein the Younger ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalContext | early 16th century Europe ⓘ |
| hasIconography | Death as skeleton confronting a nobleman ⓘ |
| hasMoralMessage |
no social rank can escape death
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worldly valor is ultimately futile ⓘ |
| hasSeriesPosition | plate in the Dance of Death sequence ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
detailed line work
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strong contrasts of black and white ⓘ |
| influencedBy | late medieval Danse Macabre tradition ⓘ |
| languageOfInscription | Latin ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
confrontation between Death and a knight
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inevitability of death ⓘ |
| medium | woodcut ⓘ |
| movement | Northern Renaissance ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Dance of Death ⓘ |
| printingTechnique | relief printing ⓘ |
| relatedWork | other plates in Holbein’s Dance of Death series ⓘ |
| seriesTheme | Dance of Death ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
transience of earthly power
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universality of death ⓘ vanity of chivalric honor ⓘ |
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Subject: The Knight (plate) Description of subject: The Knight (plate) is a woodcut from Hans Holbein the Younger’s "Dance of Death" series, depicting a skeletal figure confronting a knight to symbolize the inevitability of death.
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