The Judge (plate)
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The Judge (plate) is a specific woodcut from Hans Holbein the Younger’s "Dance of Death" series, depicting Death confronting a judge to illustrate the inevitability of mortality regardless of social status.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Judge (plate) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10221884 — 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 Judge (plate) Context triple: [Dance of Death woodcuts, hasPart, The Judge (plate)]
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A.
The Judge
*The Judge* is a 2014 American legal drama film starring Robert Downey Jr. and Robert Duvall, centered on a big-city lawyer who returns to his hometown to defend his estranged father, a respected judge, against a murder charge.
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B.
The Judge's List
The Judge's List is a legal thriller novel by John Grisham that follows a meticulous serial killer being hunted through the judicial system by a determined investigator.
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C.
Street Judge
A Street Judge is a law enforcement officer in the Judge Dredd universe who combines the powers of police, judge, jury, and executioner to dispense instant justice in a dystopian future city.
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Courtice
Courtice is a suburban community in Ontario, Canada, located east of Oshawa and known as part of the rapidly growing Greater Toronto Area.
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E.
Hanging Judge
Hanging Judge is the notorious nickname of George Jeffreys, the 17th-century English judge infamous for his harsh and brutal sentencing, especially during the Bloody Assizes.
- 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 Judge (plate) Target entity description: The Judge (plate) is a specific woodcut from Hans Holbein the Younger’s "Dance of Death" series, depicting Death confronting a judge to illustrate the inevitability of mortality regardless of social status.
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A.
The Judge
*The Judge* is a 2014 American legal drama film starring Robert Downey Jr. and Robert Duvall, centered on a big-city lawyer who returns to his hometown to defend his estranged father, a respected judge, against a murder charge.
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B.
The Judge's List
The Judge's List is a legal thriller novel by John Grisham that follows a meticulous serial killer being hunted through the judicial system by a determined investigator.
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C.
Street Judge
A Street Judge is a law enforcement officer in the Judge Dredd universe who combines the powers of police, judge, jury, and executioner to dispense instant justice in a dystopian future city.
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D.
Courtice
Courtice is a suburban community in Ontario, Canada, located east of Oshawa and known as part of the rapidly growing Greater Toronto Area.
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E.
Hanging Judge
Hanging Judge is the notorious nickname of George Jeffreys, the 17th-century English judge infamous for his harsh and brutal sentencing, especially during the Bloody Assizes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artwork
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print ⓘ woodcut ⓘ |
| artisticTechnique | line woodcut ⓘ |
| artMovement | Northern Renaissance ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Reformation-era social criticism ⓘ |
| basedOn | Dance of Death motif ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Germany
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Switzerland ⓘ |
| creator | Hans Holbein the Younger ⓘ |
| depicts |
Death confronting a judge
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a judge seated in a position of authority ⓘ a skeletal figure of Death ⓘ |
| depictsConcept |
corruption
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divine judgment ⓘ justice ⓘ |
| depictsSocialClass | judge ⓘ |
| genre |
allegorical print
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moralizing image ⓘ |
| hasInfluence | later Dance of Death imagery ⓘ |
| hasSeriesPosition | one of the plates in the Dance of Death sequence ⓘ |
| hasSetting | judicial or courtroom-like environment ⓘ |
| hasSubjectMatter |
death and judgment
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social hierarchy challenged by mortality ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
inevitability of death
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memento mori ⓘ social critique ⓘ vanity of earthly power ⓘ |
| iconographicTradition |
Danse Macabre
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linked to:
Danse macabre
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| illustrates | inevitability of mortality regardless of social status ⓘ |
| languageOfInscriptions |
German
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Latin ⓘ |
| medium | woodcut print ⓘ |
| moralMessage |
earthly judges are subject to a higher, divine judgment
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no legal or social power can avert death ⓘ |
| partOf |
Holbein’s Dance of Death woodcut series
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linked to:
Dance of Death woodcuts
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| partOfSeries | Dance of Death ⓘ |
| period | early 16th century ⓘ |
| portrays | a powerful legal authority figure confronted by Death ⓘ |
| visualContrast | richly dressed judge and skeletal Death ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Judge (plate) Description of subject: The Judge (plate) is a specific woodcut from Hans Holbein the Younger’s "Dance of Death" series, depicting Death confronting a judge to illustrate the inevitability of mortality regardless of social status.
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