Jean-Baptiste Pigalle
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Jean-Baptiste Pigalle was an 18th-century French sculptor renowned for his expressive Rococo and early Neoclassical works, including notable public monuments and church sculptures in Paris.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jean-Baptiste Pigalle canonical | 16 |
| Pigalle, Jean-Baptiste | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T564426 — 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: Jean-Baptiste Pigalle Context triple: [Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture, hadMember, Jean-Baptiste Pigalle]
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A.
Louis Anquetin
Louis Anquetin was a French Post-Impressionist painter known for his bold use of flat color areas and outlines, and for helping pioneer the Cloisonnist style in late 19th-century Paris.
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B.
Honoré Daumet
Honoré Daumet was a prominent 19th-century French architect known for his work on major public buildings and contributions to the Beaux-Arts architectural tradition.
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C.
Auguste De Gas
Auguste De Gas was a French banker and art collector best known as the father of the Impressionist painter Edgar Degas.
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D.
Jules Guérin
Jules Guérin was an American muralist and illustrator known for his architectural murals and color-rich decorative work on major public buildings in the early 20th century.
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E.
Émile Nouguier
Émile Nouguier was a French civil engineer best known as one of the principal designers of the Eiffel Tower.
- 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: Jean-Baptiste Pigalle Target entity description: Jean-Baptiste Pigalle was an 18th-century French sculptor renowned for his expressive Rococo and early Neoclassical works, including notable public monuments and church sculptures in Paris.
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A.
Louis Anquetin
Louis Anquetin was a French Post-Impressionist painter known for his bold use of flat color areas and outlines, and for helping pioneer the Cloisonnist style in late 19th-century Paris.
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B.
Honoré Daumet
Honoré Daumet was a prominent 19th-century French architect known for his work on major public buildings and contributions to the Beaux-Arts architectural tradition.
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C.
Auguste De Gas
Auguste De Gas was a French banker and art collector best known as the father of the Impressionist painter Edgar Degas.
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D.
Jules Guérin
Jules Guérin was an American muralist and illustrator known for his architectural murals and color-rich decorative work on major public buildings in the early 20th century.
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E.
Émile Nouguier
Émile Nouguier was a French civil engineer best known as one of the principal designers of the Eiffel Tower.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French sculptor
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Neoclassical artist ⓘ Rococo artist ⓘ human ⓘ sculptor ⓘ |
| activeInCentury | 18th century ⓘ |
| artisticStyle |
combination of Rococo and early Neoclassical elements
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expressive modeling ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1714-01-26 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1785-08-20 ⓘ |
| employer | French royal court ⓘ |
| familyName | Pigalle ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | sculpture ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
funerary sculpture
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public monument ⓘ religious sculpture ⓘ |
| givenName | Jean-Baptiste ⓘ |
| hasWorkInCollection |
Louvre Museum
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Musée du Louvre Department of Sculptures ⓘ
linked to:
Louvre Museum
Musée du Louvre, Paris ⓘ
linked to:
Louvre Museum
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| influenced | French Neoclassical sculpture ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Edmé Bouchardon ⓘ |
| memberOf | Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture ⓘ |
| movement |
Neoclassicism
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Rococo ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | French ⓘ |
| notableFor |
church sculptures in Paris
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expressive Rococo sculpture ⓘ public monuments in Paris ⓘ transition toward Neoclassical style ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Louis-Philippe Mouchy ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Allegorical figures for the church of Saint-Sulpice, Paris
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Child with Cage ⓘ Mercury Attaching his Talaria ⓘ Mercury Fastening his Sandals ⓘ Monument to Maurice de Saxe in Saint-Thomas Church, Strasbourg ⓘ
linked to:
Église Saint-Thomas de Strasbourg
Nude Voltaire ⓘ
linked to:
Seated Voltaire
Sculptures for the church of Saint-Germain-l’Auxerrois, Paris ⓘ Sculptures for the church of Saint-Roch, Paris ⓘ Statue of Voltaire ⓘ
linked to:
Seated Voltaire
Tomb of Marshal de Saxe ⓘ |
| occupation | sculptor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Kingdom of France
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Paris ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Paris ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Paris
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Versailles ⓘ |
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linked to: Jean-Baptiste Pigalle