The Assumption of the Virgin Mary

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The Assumption of the Virgin Mary is a prominent religious artwork depicting the Virgin Mary's ascent into heaven, celebrated as a key masterpiece of Christian Marian iconography.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Assumption of the Virgin Mary	10
The Assumption of the Virgin	8
The Assumption of the Virgin Mary canonical	1
Virgin Mary ascending to heaven	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15452631 — 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: The Assumption of the Virgin Mary
Context triple: [Antwerp Cathedral, hasArtwork, The Assumption of the Virgin Mary]

A. Our Lady Assumed into Heaven
Our Lady Assumed into Heaven is a Marian title in Catholic tradition that honors the belief that the Virgin Mary was taken body and soul into heavenly glory at the end of her earthly life.
B. Assumption of Mary
The Assumption of Mary is a Christian doctrine, especially in Catholicism and Orthodoxy, that teaches the Virgin Mary was taken body and soul into heavenly glory at the end of her earthly life.
C. Feast of the Assumption of Mary
The Feast of the Assumption of Mary is a major Christian holy day celebrating the belief that the Virgin Mary was taken body and soul into heavenly glory at the end of her earthly life.
D. Immaculate Conception
The Immaculate Conception is a Catholic doctrine holding that the Virgin Mary was preserved free from original sin from the first moment of her conception.
E. Purification of the Virgin Mary
The Purification of the Virgin Mary is a Christian feast commemorating Mary’s ritual purification and the presentation of the infant Jesus in the Temple, traditionally observed forty days after Christmas.
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: The Assumption of the Virgin Mary
Target entity description: The Assumption of the Virgin Mary is a prominent religious artwork depicting the Virgin Mary's ascent into heaven, celebrated as a key masterpiece of Christian Marian iconography.

A. Our Lady Assumed into Heaven
Our Lady Assumed into Heaven is a Marian title in Catholic tradition that honors the belief that the Virgin Mary was taken body and soul into heavenly glory at the end of her earthly life.
B. Assumption of Mary
The Assumption of Mary is a Christian doctrine, especially in Catholicism and Orthodoxy, that teaches the Virgin Mary was taken body and soul into heavenly glory at the end of her earthly life.
C. Feast of the Assumption of Mary
The Feast of the Assumption of Mary is a major Christian holy day celebrating the belief that the Virgin Mary was taken body and soul into heavenly glory at the end of her earthly life.
D. Immaculate Conception
The Immaculate Conception is a Catholic doctrine holding that the Virgin Mary was preserved free from original sin from the first moment of her conception.
E. Purification of the Virgin Mary
The Purification of the Virgin Mary is a Christian feast commemorating Mary’s ritual purification and the presentation of the infant Jesus in the Temple, traditionally observed forty days after Christmas.
F. None of above. chosen

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Antwerp Cathedral → hasArtwork → The Assumption of the Virgin Mary ⓘ

Gabriel-François Doyen → notableWork → The Assumption of the Virgin ⓘ

subject linked to: Doyen