return from Cythera
E1024466
"Return from Cythera" is an alternative title or interpretive label for Antoine Watteau’s famous Rococo painting "L’Embarquement pour Cythère," highlighting the ambiguity over whether its elegantly dressed lovers are arriving at or departing from the mythical island of Cythera.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| return from Cythera canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13161174 — 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: return from Cythera Context triple: [L’Embarquement pour Cythère, depictionAmbiguity, return from Cythera]
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A.
Nythe
Nythe is a residential area and civil parish on the eastern side of Swindon in Wiltshire, England.
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B.
Torriana
Torriana is a small Italian town in the Emilia-Romagna region, known for its medieval fortress and scenic position overlooking the Marecchia Valley.
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C.
Upper Cyria
Upper Cyria is a district of the coastal city of Karnaca in the Dishonored video game series, known for its affluent neighborhoods and striking architecture.
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D.
Candalus
Candalus is a figure from Greek mythology known as a son of Rhode.
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E.
Tynda
Tynda is a town in Russia’s Far East known as a major junction on the Baikal–Amur Mainline railway.
- 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: return from Cythera Target entity description: "Return from Cythera" is an alternative title or interpretive label for Antoine Watteau’s famous Rococo painting "L’Embarquement pour Cythère," highlighting the ambiguity over whether its elegantly dressed lovers are arriving at or departing from the mythical island of Cythera.
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A.
Nythe
Nythe is a residential area and civil parish on the eastern side of Swindon in Wiltshire, England.
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B.
Torriana
Torriana is a small Italian town in the Emilia-Romagna region, known for its medieval fortress and scenic position overlooking the Marecchia Valley.
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C.
Upper Cyria
Upper Cyria is a district of the coastal city of Karnaca in the Dishonored video game series, known for its affluent neighborhoods and striking architecture.
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D.
Candalus
Candalus is a figure from Greek mythology known as a son of Rhode.
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E.
Tynda
Tynda is a town in Russia’s Far East known as a major junction on the Baikal–Amur Mainline railway.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (15)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | painting title ⓘ |
| alternativeTitleOf |
L’Embarquement pour Cythère
ⓘ
The Embarkation for Cythera ⓘ
linked to:
Pilgrimage to Cythera
|
| appliedToVersionOf |
Watteau’s Cythera compositions
ⓘ
linked to:
Watteau’s oeuvre of fêtes galantes
|
| associatedWithArtMovement | Rococo ⓘ |
| associatedWithPeriod | early 18th century French painting ⓘ |
| contrastsWithTitle |
Embarkation for Cythera
ⓘ
linked to:
Pilgrimage to Cythera
|
| describesAmbiguityOf | arrival or departure from Cythera ⓘ |
| impliesNarrativeOf | departure from Cythera ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| refersToMythologicalPlace | Cythera ⓘ |
| refersToWorkBy | Antoine Watteau ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
elegantly dressed lovers
ⓘ
mythical island of Cythera ⓘ |
| usedInArtHistoryAs | interpretive label ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: return from Cythera Description of subject: "Return from Cythera" is an alternative title or interpretive label for Antoine Watteau’s famous Rococo painting "L’Embarquement pour Cythère," highlighting the ambiguity over whether its elegantly dressed lovers are arriving at or departing from the mythical island of Cythera.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.