Angelica Kauffman
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Angelica Kauffman was an 18th-century Swiss-born painter renowned for her history and portrait paintings and as one of the few prominent women artists of the Neoclassical movement.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Angelica Kauffman canonical | 17 |
| young Angelica Kauffman | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T521639 — 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: Angelica Kauffman Context triple: [Neoclassicism, majorFigure, Angelica Kauffman]
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A.
Anna Steiger
Anna Steiger is a British operatic mezzo-soprano known for her performances with major European opera companies and for being the daughter of actress Claire Bloom and actor Rod Steiger.
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B.
Angelica Galante
Angelica Galante was the mother of the renowned Italian Baroque sculptor and architect Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
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C.
Lila Hotz
Lila Hotz was the first wife of American magazine magnate Henry Luce, co-founder of Time Inc.
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D.
Anna Reinhart
Anna Reinhart was the wife of Swiss Reformation leader Huldrych Zwingli and is known primarily for her association with his life and work in early 16th-century Zurich.
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E.
Katherine Clifton
Katherine Clifton is a central character in Michael Ondaatje's novel "The English Patient," known for her tragic love affair and its far-reaching consequences during World War II.
- 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: Angelica Kauffman Target entity description: Angelica Kauffman was an 18th-century Swiss-born painter renowned for her history and portrait paintings and as one of the few prominent women artists of the Neoclassical movement.
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A.
Anna Steiger
Anna Steiger is a British operatic mezzo-soprano known for her performances with major European opera companies and for being the daughter of actress Claire Bloom and actor Rod Steiger.
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B.
Angelica Galante
Angelica Galante was the mother of the renowned Italian Baroque sculptor and architect Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
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C.
Lila Hotz
Lila Hotz was the first wife of American magazine magnate Henry Luce, co-founder of Time Inc.
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D.
Anna Reinhart
Anna Reinhart was the wife of Swiss Reformation leader Huldrych Zwingli and is known primarily for her association with his life and work in early 16th-century Zurich.
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E.
Katherine Clifton
Katherine Clifton is a central character in Michael Ondaatje's novel "The English Patient," known for her tragic love affair and its far-reaching consequences during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Neoclassical painter
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history painter ⓘ painter ⓘ person ⓘ portrait painter ⓘ woman artist ⓘ |
| activeIn |
England
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Italy ⓘ London ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
Rome ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1741-10-30 ⓘ |
| birthName | Maria Anna Angelika Kauffmann ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Chur, Grisons, Switzerland ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Sant’Andrea delle Fratte, Rome ⓘ |
| centuryActive | 18th century ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1807-11-05 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Rome, Papal States
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linked to:
Rome
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| father | Johann Joseph Kauffmann ⓘ |
| field | painting ⓘ |
| genre |
allegorical subjects
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classical history subjects ⓘ mythological subjects ⓘ |
| honor | state-like funeral in Rome ⓘ |
| influenced | women artists in the 18th century ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Italian Renaissance art
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linked to:
Italian Renaissance painting
Joshua Reynolds ⓘ classical antiquity ⓘ |
| knownFor |
history painting
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portrait painting ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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German ⓘ Italian ⓘ |
| memberOf | Royal Academy of Arts ⓘ |
| movement | Neoclassicism ⓘ |
| name | Angelica Kauffman ⓘ |
| nationality | Swiss ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | founding member of the Royal Academy of Arts in London ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of the first two women admitted to the Royal Academy of Arts ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Ariadne Abandoned by Theseus
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linked to:
Ariadne
Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi, Pointing to her Children as her Treasures ⓘ Self-Portrait Hesitating Between the Arts of Music and Painting ⓘ |
| patron |
British aristocracy
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European nobility ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | one of the most successful women painters of the 18th century ⓘ |
| spouse | Antonio Zucchi ⓘ |
| style |
elegant linear style
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idealized figures ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Angelica Kauffman Museum in Schwarzenberg, Austria ⓘ |
| trainedBy | Johann Joseph Kauffmann ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Input
Subject: Angelica Kauffman Description of subject: Angelica Kauffman was an 18th-century Swiss-born painter renowned for her history and portrait paintings and as one of the few prominent women artists of the Neoclassical movement.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Self-Portrait Hesitating Between the Arts of Music and Painting
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depicts
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young Angelica Kauffman
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linked to: Angelica Kauffman
Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi, Pointing to her Children as her Treasures
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creator
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Angelica Kauffman
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subject linked to:
Sant’Andrea delle Fratte, Rome
subject linked to:
Sant’Andrea delle Fratte, Rome