Laocoön
E185584
Laocoön is a dramatic oil painting by El Greco that reinterprets the ancient Trojan myth with his characteristic elongated figures and intense, otherworldly atmosphere.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Laocoön canonical | 3 |
| Trojan priest Laocoön | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1646285 — 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: Laocoön Context triple: [El Greco, notableWork, Laocoön]
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A.
Sterope
Sterope is a figure from Greek mythology, traditionally considered one of the Pleiades and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
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B.
Phaestis
Phaestis is known in some ancient biographical traditions as the mother of the Greek philosopher Aristotle.
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C.
Epigoni
The Epigoni are the sons of the Seven Against Thebes in Greek mythology, famed for successfully avenging their fathers by capturing the city of Thebes.
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D.
Adonis
Adonis is a strikingly handsome youth in Greek mythology whose beauty and tragic death are central to myths of love, desire, and rebirth.
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E.
Dardanus
Dardanus is a figure in Greek mythology, often regarded as a son of Zeus and Electra and the legendary ancestor of the Trojans and Romans.
- 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: Laocoön Target entity description: Laocoön is a dramatic oil painting by El Greco that reinterprets the ancient Trojan myth with his characteristic elongated figures and intense, otherworldly atmosphere.
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A.
Sterope
Sterope is a figure from Greek mythology, traditionally considered one of the Pleiades and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
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B.
Phaestis
Phaestis is known in some ancient biographical traditions as the mother of the Greek philosopher Aristotle.
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C.
Epigoni
The Epigoni are the sons of the Seven Against Thebes in Greek mythology, famed for successfully avenging their fathers by capturing the city of Thebes.
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D.
Adonis
Adonis is a strikingly handsome youth in Greek mythology whose beauty and tragic death are central to myths of love, desire, and rebirth.
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E.
Dardanus
Dardanus is a figure in Greek mythology, often regarded as a son of Zeus and Electra and the legendary ancestor of the Trojans and Romans.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
oil painting
ⓘ
painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalPeriod |
Late Renaissance
ⓘ
surface form:
late Renaissance
|
| basedOn |
Laocoön and His Sons
ⓘ
surface form:
myth of Laocoön and his sons
|
| catalogCode | NGA 1946.18.1 ⓘ |
| collection |
National Gallery of Art
ⓘ
surface form:
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
|
| completionDate | circa 1614 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Spain ⓘ |
| creator | El Greco ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Spanish Golden Age ⓘ |
| depicts |
Laocoön
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
Trojan myth ⓘ Laocoön self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Trojan priest Laocoön
Toledo ⓘ
surface form:
city of Toledo
serpents attacking Laocoön and his sons ⓘ |
| describedIn | art historical literature on Mannerism ⓘ |
| exhibitionHistory | frequently exhibited in El Greco retrospectives ⓘ |
| genre | mythological painting ⓘ |
| hasColorPalette |
contrasting highlights
ⓘ
cool tones ⓘ |
| hasComposition | vertical emphasis ⓘ |
| hasFigureType | elongated human forms ⓘ |
| hasMood |
apocalyptic
ⓘ
dramatic ⓘ otherworldly ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | distorted space ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
dramatic lighting
ⓘ
elongated figures ⓘ otherworldly atmosphere ⓘ |
| hasSubject | classical mythology ⓘ |
| inception | circa 1610 ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Byzantine art
ⓘ
Laocoön and His Sons ⓘ
surface form:
Hellenistic sculpture Laocoön and His Sons
Renaissance Italy ⓘ
surface form:
Italian Renaissance
|
| languageOfTitle |
Greek
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| location | National Gallery of Art ⓘ |
| materialUsed | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement | Mannerism ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | El Greco ⓘ |
| partOf | collection of European paintings at the National Gallery of Art ⓘ |
| support | canvas ⓘ |
| theme |
divine punishment
ⓘ
human suffering ⓘ prophecy ⓘ spiritual drama ⓘ |
| title | Laocoön self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
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Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.