Olympia (Édouard Manet)
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Olympia (Édouard Manet) is a groundbreaking 1863 oil painting depicting a confrontational nude courtesan that challenged academic conventions and scandalized the Paris Salon.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Olympia (Édouard Manet) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10784528 — 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: Olympia (Édouard Manet) Context triple: [Venus of Urbino, influenced, Olympia (Édouard Manet)]
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A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884
A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884 is Georges Seurat’s iconic pointillist masterpiece depicting Parisians relaxing in a riverside park, and one of the most celebrated paintings of the late 19th century.
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B.
Bathers at Asnières
Bathers at Asnières is a large-scale 1884 oil painting by Georges Seurat that depicts working-class Parisians relaxing by the Seine and is considered a key early example of his innovative approach to color and composition.
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C.
Impression, Sunrise
Impression, Sunrise is an 1872 painting by Claude Monet that famously gave the Impressionist movement its name and exemplifies its loose brushwork and focus on light and atmosphere.
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D.
Le Désespéré (Courbet)
Le Désespéré is a famous self-portrait by French Realist painter Gustave Courbet, notable for its intense expression and dramatic depiction of psychological turmoil.
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E.
The Painter's Studio
The Painter's Studio is a large, allegorical 1855 oil painting by Gustave Courbet that presents a symbolic panorama of mid-19th-century French society gathered around the artist at work.
- 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: Olympia (Édouard Manet) Target entity description: Olympia (Édouard Manet) is a groundbreaking 1863 oil painting depicting a confrontational nude courtesan that challenged academic conventions and scandalized the Paris Salon.
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A.
A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884
A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884 is Georges Seurat’s iconic pointillist masterpiece depicting Parisians relaxing in a riverside park, and one of the most celebrated paintings of the late 19th century.
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B.
Bathers at Asnières
Bathers at Asnières is a large-scale 1884 oil painting by Georges Seurat that depicts working-class Parisians relaxing by the Seine and is considered a key early example of his innovative approach to color and composition.
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C.
Impression, Sunrise
Impression, Sunrise is an 1872 painting by Claude Monet that famously gave the Impressionist movement its name and exemplifies its loose brushwork and focus on light and atmosphere.
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D.
Le Désespéré (Courbet)
Le Désespéré is a famous self-portrait by French Realist painter Gustave Courbet, notable for its intense expression and dramatic depiction of psychological turmoil.
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E.
The Painter's Studio
The Painter's Studio is a large, allegorical 1855 oil painting by Gustave Courbet that presents a symbolic panorama of mid-19th-century French society gathered around the artist at work.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
oil painting
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painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance |
challenge to academic painting conventions
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controversial depiction of female nudity ⓘ milestone of modern art ⓘ |
| artist | Édouard Manet ⓘ |
| basedOn | Venus of Urbino ⓘ |
| collection | Musée d'Orsay ⓘ |
| controversy | scandal at the Paris Salon ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Édouard Manet ⓘ |
| depicts |
bed
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black cat ⓘ black maid ⓘ bouquet of flowers ⓘ courtesan ⓘ interior scene ⓘ nude woman ⓘ |
| exhibitionHistory | Paris Salon ⓘ |
| firstExhibited | 1865 Paris Salon ⓘ |
| genre | Realism ⓘ |
| height | 130.5 cm ⓘ |
| inception | 1863 ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Italian Renaissance painting
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Venus of Urbino ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
France
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Paris ⓘ |
| location | Musée d'Orsay ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Olympia (character) ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
canvas
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oil paint ⓘ |
| medium | oil on canvas ⓘ |
| model | Victorine Meurent ⓘ |
| movement |
Modern art
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Realism ⓘ |
| orientation | landscape format ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| portrays | Victorine Meurent ⓘ |
| setInPeriod |
Second French Empire
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linked to:
Second Empire of France
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| style |
flat modeling of forms
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strong contrasts of light and dark ⓘ |
| theme |
female sexuality
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gaze and spectatorship ⓘ prostitution ⓘ race ⓘ social class ⓘ |
| title | Olympia ⓘ |
| width | 190 cm ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Olympia (Édouard Manet) Description of subject: Olympia (Édouard Manet) is a groundbreaking 1863 oil painting depicting a confrontational nude courtesan that challenged academic conventions and scandalized the Paris Salon.
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