Glory of Saint Charles Borromeo (San Carlo ai Catinari)
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Glory of Saint Charles Borromeo (San Carlo ai Catinari) is a celebrated Baroque ceiling fresco by Giovanni Lanfranco in the Roman church of San Carlo ai Catinari, depicting the saint’s heavenly exaltation with dramatic illusionistic effects.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Glory of Saint Charles Borromeo (San Carlo ai Catinari) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13293192 — 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: Glory of Saint Charles Borromeo (San Carlo ai Catinari) Context triple: [Giovanni Lanfranco, notableWork, Glory of Saint Charles Borromeo (San Carlo ai Catinari)]
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Oratorio della Madonna delle Grazie
Oratorio della Madonna delle Grazie is a small historic Catholic oratory dedicated to the Virgin Mary, located in the town of Piove di Sacco in northern Italy.
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Santa Maria in Vallicella
Santa Maria in Vallicella is a prominent Baroque church in Rome, Italy, closely associated with Saint Philip Neri and the Congregation of the Oratory.
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Oratorio della Purità
The Oratorio della Purità is an 18th-century Baroque oratory in Udine, Italy, renowned for its elegant architecture and important frescoes by Giambattista Tiepolo and his son.
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D.
San Bartolomeo in Galdo
San Bartolomeo in Galdo is a small hill town and municipality in the Campania region of southern Italy, known for its rural character and traditional local culture.
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Santa Maria in Campitelli
Santa Maria in Campitelli is a prominent Baroque church in Rome renowned for its richly decorated interior and elegant façade, exemplifying 17th-century Roman ecclesiastical architecture.
- 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: Glory of Saint Charles Borromeo (San Carlo ai Catinari) Target entity description: Glory of Saint Charles Borromeo (San Carlo ai Catinari) is a celebrated Baroque ceiling fresco by Giovanni Lanfranco in the Roman church of San Carlo ai Catinari, depicting the saint’s heavenly exaltation with dramatic illusionistic effects.
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A.
Oratorio della Madonna delle Grazie
Oratorio della Madonna delle Grazie is a small historic Catholic oratory dedicated to the Virgin Mary, located in the town of Piove di Sacco in northern Italy.
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B.
Santa Maria in Vallicella
Santa Maria in Vallicella is a prominent Baroque church in Rome, Italy, closely associated with Saint Philip Neri and the Congregation of the Oratory.
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C.
Oratorio della Purità
The Oratorio della Purità is an 18th-century Baroque oratory in Udine, Italy, renowned for its elegant architecture and important frescoes by Giambattista Tiepolo and his son.
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D.
San Bartolomeo in Galdo
San Bartolomeo in Galdo is a small hill town and municipality in the Campania region of southern Italy, known for its rural character and traditional local culture.
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E.
Santa Maria in Campitelli
Santa Maria in Campitelli is a prominent Baroque church in Rome renowned for its richly decorated interior and elegant façade, exemplifying 17th-century Roman ecclesiastical architecture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Baroque artwork
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ceiling fresco ⓘ religious painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalPeriod |
Roman High Baroque
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linked to:
Italian Baroque
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| artisticStyle |
di sotto in sù perspective
ⓘ
illusionistic ceiling painting ⓘ quadratura-like illusionism ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Counter-Reformation spirituality ⓘ |
| city | Rome ⓘ |
| commissionedFor |
Barnabite order
ⓘ
linked to:
Barnabites
|
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Italy ⓘ |
| creator | Giovanni Lanfranco ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Saint Charles Borromeo ⓘ |
| depicts |
Saint Charles Borromeo
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angels ⓘ divine light ⓘ heavenly clouds ⓘ heavenly exaltation of Saint Charles Borromeo ⓘ saints in glory ⓘ triumph of sanctity ⓘ |
| genre | sacred art ⓘ |
| hasArtisticGoal | to dissolve the architectural ceiling into a vision of heaven ⓘ |
| hasColorPalette |
strong light–dark contrasts
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warm golden tones ⓘ |
| hasSetting | open heaven above the nave ⓘ |
| hasTechnique | fresco ⓘ |
| inception | 17th century ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Carracci school
ⓘ
linked to:
Carracci Academy
early Baroque classicism ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Italian ⓘ |
| locatedInBuilding | San Carlo ai Catinari church building ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Rome ⓘ |
| locatedInTheChurchPart | nave ceiling ⓘ |
| location | San Carlo ai Catinari ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Saint Charles Borromeo ⓘ |
| materialUsed | pigments on wet plaster ⓘ |
| movement | Baroque ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dynamic composition
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illusionistic ceiling effects ⓘ theatrical Baroque space ⓘ |
| partOf | decoration program of San Carlo ai Catinari ⓘ |
| region | Lazio ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| titleInItalian | Gloria di San Carlo Borromeo ⓘ |
| useOfLight | dramatic chiaroscuro ⓘ |
| useOfPerspective | illusionistic foreshortening ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Glory of Saint Charles Borromeo (San Carlo ai Catinari) Description of subject: Glory of Saint Charles Borromeo (San Carlo ai Catinari) is a celebrated Baroque ceiling fresco by Giovanni Lanfranco in the Roman church of San Carlo ai Catinari, depicting the saint’s heavenly exaltation with dramatic illusionistic effects.
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