Jean-Frédéric Waldeck
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Jean-Frédéric Waldeck was a 19th-century French explorer and artist known for his early, often romanticized and inaccurate, depictions and studies of Maya ruins in Mexico.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jean-Frédéric Waldeck canonical | 2 |
| Frédéric de Waldeck | 1 |
| Jean Frédéric Maximilien de Waldeck | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1402666 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jean-Frédéric Waldeck Context triple: [Palenque, earlyExplorer, Jean-Frédéric Waldeck]
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A.
Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis
Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis was a prominent French jurist and statesman best known as a principal architect of the Napoleonic Code and a key figure in shaping modern civil law.
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Jacques Ignace Hittorff
Jacques Ignace Hittorff was a 19th-century German-born French architect and urban planner known for his major contributions to Parisian architecture and city design, including prominent public buildings and squares.
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C.
Charles de Lameth
Charles de Lameth was a French nobleman, army officer, and moderate revolutionary politician active during the early years of the French Revolution.
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D.
Jean-Baptiste Thierrée
Jean-Baptiste Thierrée is a French actor and circus performer best known as the co-founder, with Victoria Chaplin, of the influential contemporary circus company Le Cirque Invisible.
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E.
Léon Bourgeois
Léon Bourgeois was a French statesman and Nobel Peace Prize laureate known as a leading theorist of internationalism and an influential architect of the League of Nations.
- 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-Frédéric Waldeck Target entity description: Jean-Frédéric Waldeck was a 19th-century French explorer and artist known for his early, often romanticized and inaccurate, depictions and studies of Maya ruins in Mexico.
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A.
Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis
Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis was a prominent French jurist and statesman best known as a principal architect of the Napoleonic Code and a key figure in shaping modern civil law.
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B.
Jacques Ignace Hittorff
Jacques Ignace Hittorff was a 19th-century German-born French architect and urban planner known for his major contributions to Parisian architecture and city design, including prominent public buildings and squares.
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C.
Charles de Lameth
Charles de Lameth was a French nobleman, army officer, and moderate revolutionary politician active during the early years of the French Revolution.
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D.
Jean-Baptiste Thierrée
Jean-Baptiste Thierrée is a French actor and circus performer best known as the co-founder, with Victoria Chaplin, of the influential contemporary circus company Le Cirque Invisible.
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E.
Léon Bourgeois
Léon Bourgeois was a French statesman and Nobel Peace Prize laureate known as a leading theorist of internationalism and an influential architect of the League of Nations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mesoamericanist
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artist ⓘ draftsman ⓘ engraver ⓘ explorer ⓘ person ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Frédéric de Waldeck
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linked to:
Jean-Frédéric Waldeck
Jean Frédéric Maximilien de Waldeck ⓘ
linked to:
Jean-Frédéric Waldeck
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| artStyle | romanticized representation ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1766-03-16 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
France
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Paris ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 19th century ⓘ |
| countryOfExploration | Mexico ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1875-04-30 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
France
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Paris ⓘ |
| depicted |
Maya hieroglyphs
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Maya sculptures ⓘ Maya temples ⓘ
linked to:
Maya architecture
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| fieldOfWork |
Maya studies
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archaeological illustration ⓘ art ⓘ exploration ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| influenced | early European views of Maya civilization ⓘ |
| knownFor |
depictions of Maya ruins
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early studies of Maya archaeology ⓘ romanticized illustrations of Mesoamerican sites ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | French ⓘ |
| lifespanInYears | 109 ⓘ |
| movement | Romanticism ⓘ |
| name | Jean-Frédéric Waldeck ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| notableWork | Voyage pittoresque et archéologique dans la province d’Yucatán ⓘ |
| notedFor |
inaccurate reconstructions of Maya architecture
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invented details in archaeological drawings ⓘ |
| occupation |
cartoonist
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engraver ⓘ explorer ⓘ illustrator ⓘ painter ⓘ travel writer ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
France
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Mexico ⓘ |
| subjectOf | critiques of archaeological accuracy ⓘ |
| workedOn |
Maya ruins at Palenque
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Maya ruins at Uxmal ⓘ Maya ruins in Chiapas ⓘ Maya ruins in Yucatán ⓘ |
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Subject: Jean-Frédéric Waldeck Description of subject: Jean-Frédéric Waldeck was a 19th-century French explorer and artist known for his early, often romanticized and inaccurate, depictions and studies of Maya ruins in Mexico.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Jean-Frédéric Waldeck
linked to: Jean-Frédéric Waldeck