Virgin of Quito
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The Virgin of Quito is a famous 18th-century wooden sculpture by Bernardo de Legarda depicting a dynamic, winged Madonna that has become an iconic religious and cultural symbol of Quito, Ecuador.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Virgin of Quito canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10909523 — 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: Virgin of Quito Context triple: [La Virgen de Quito, dedicatedTo, Virgin of Quito]
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A.
Virgin of Suyapa
The Virgin of Suyapa is a revered Marian image and the national patron saint of Honduras, venerated especially in Tegucigalpa and associated with miracles and popular devotion.
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B.
Virgin of Candelaria
The Virgin of Candelaria is a revered Marian apparition and patron saint of the Canary Islands, especially venerated in Tenerife.
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C.
Virgin of Los Llanos
The Virgin of Los Llanos is a revered Marian image venerated as the principal religious symbol and protector of the city of Albacete in Spain.
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D.
Virgin of Socavón
The Virgin of Socavón is a revered Marian figure in Bolivia, especially associated with miners and prominently honored during the famous Carnival of Oruro.
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E.
Our Lady of Luján
Our Lady of Luján is a widely venerated Marian title and pilgrimage icon in Argentina, regarded as the patroness of the country and a central focus of Hispanic Catholic devotion.
- 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: Virgin of Quito Target entity description: The Virgin of Quito is a famous 18th-century wooden sculpture by Bernardo de Legarda depicting a dynamic, winged Madonna that has become an iconic religious and cultural symbol of Quito, Ecuador.
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A.
Virgin of Suyapa
The Virgin of Suyapa is a revered Marian image and the national patron saint of Honduras, venerated especially in Tegucigalpa and associated with miracles and popular devotion.
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B.
Virgin of Candelaria
The Virgin of Candelaria is a revered Marian apparition and patron saint of the Canary Islands, especially venerated in Tenerife.
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C.
Virgin of Los Llanos
The Virgin of Los Llanos is a revered Marian image venerated as the principal religious symbol and protector of the city of Albacete in Spain.
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D.
Virgin of Socavón
The Virgin of Socavón is a revered Marian figure in Bolivia, especially associated with miners and prominently honored during the famous Carnival of Oruro.
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E.
Our Lady of Luján
Our Lady of Luján is a widely venerated Marian title and pilgrimage icon in Argentina, regarded as the patroness of the country and a central focus of Hispanic Catholic devotion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Marian image
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religious statue ⓘ sculpture ⓘ |
| artisticStyle | Andean Baroque ⓘ |
| colorationTechnique | polychromy ⓘ |
| country | Ecuador ⓘ |
| creator | Bernardo de Legarda ⓘ |
| culture |
Ecuadorian
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Quitoan ⓘ |
| depicts |
Immaculate Conception
ⓘ
Madonna ⓘ Virgin Mary ⓘ |
| genre | religious art ⓘ |
| hasCopy | Virgin of El Panecillo ⓘ |
| hasPart |
crescent moon
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halo ⓘ silver dragon ⓘ star crown ⓘ wings ⓘ |
| hasType | polychrome sculpture ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | icon of Quito ⓘ |
| iconographicAttribute |
standing on a crescent moon
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treading a dragon ⓘ woman clothed with the sun ⓘ |
| iconographicTradition |
Apocalyptic Woman of Revelation 12
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linked to:
Woman of the Apocalypse
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| inception | 18th century ⓘ |
| influenced | Quito School sculpture ⓘ |
| inspired | aluminum monument on El Panecillo hill ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Quito ⓘ |
| location | Church and Convent of San Francisco, Quito ⓘ |
| materialUsed | wood ⓘ |
| movement |
Baroque
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Quito School ⓘ
linked to:
Escuela Quiteña
|
| notableCharacteristic |
depicted in movement
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dynamic pose ⓘ winged Madonna ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Bernardo de Legarda ⓘ |
| partOf |
Catholic Marian devotion in Ecuador
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artistic heritage of Quito ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| significantEvent | venerated during religious processions in Quito ⓘ |
| significantPlace |
Quito historic center
ⓘ
linked to:
Historic Center of Quito
|
| subjectHasRole | patroness of Quito (devotional role) ⓘ |
| use |
cultural symbol
ⓘ
religious devotion ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Virgin of Quito Description of subject: The Virgin of Quito is a famous 18th-century wooden sculpture by Bernardo de Legarda depicting a dynamic, winged Madonna that has become an iconic religious and cultural symbol of Quito, Ecuador.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.