The Gates of Hell
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The Gates of Hell is Auguste Rodin’s monumental sculptural portal inspired by Dante’s Inferno, featuring a dense assemblage of figures including the famous Thinker.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Gates of Hell canonical | 6 |
| The Gates of Hell (initial conception) | 1 |
| The Gates of Hell by Auguste Rodin | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1895837 — 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 Gates of Hell Context triple: [The Thinker, partOfSeries, The Gates of Hell]
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A.
Dante's Tomb
Dante's Tomb is the mausoleum in Ravenna, Italy, that houses the remains of the medieval poet Dante Alighieri, author of the Divine Comedy.
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B.
Inferno
Inferno is the first cantica of Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, depicting the poet’s allegorical journey through the nine circles of Hell.
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C.
Inferno
Inferno is a distributed operating system developed at Bell Labs, known for its use of the Limbo programming language and its focus on portable, networked computing.
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D.
Shades in the Underworld
Shades in the Underworld are the disembodied spirits of the dead dwelling in Hades, depicted in Greek mythology as pale, insubstantial remnants of their former lives.
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E.
Immortale Dei
Immortale Dei is an 1885 papal encyclical that outlines the Catholic Church’s teaching on the Christian constitution of states and the proper relationship between Church and civil authority.
- 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 Gates of Hell Target entity description: The Gates of Hell is Auguste Rodin’s monumental sculptural portal inspired by Dante’s Inferno, featuring a dense assemblage of figures including the famous Thinker.
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A.
Dante's Tomb
Dante's Tomb is the mausoleum in Ravenna, Italy, that houses the remains of the medieval poet Dante Alighieri, author of the Divine Comedy.
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B.
Inferno
Inferno is the first cantica of Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, depicting the poet’s allegorical journey through the nine circles of Hell.
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C.
Inferno
Inferno is a distributed operating system developed at Bell Labs, known for its use of the Limbo programming language and its focus on portable, networked computing.
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D.
Shades in the Underworld
Shades in the Underworld are the disembodied spirits of the dead dwelling in Hades, depicted in Greek mythology as pale, insubstantial remnants of their former lives.
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E.
Immortale Dei
Immortale Dei is an 1885 papal encyclical that outlines the Catholic Church’s teaching on the Christian constitution of states and the proper relationship between Church and civil authority.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
monumental sculptural portal
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sculpture ⓘ |
| artworkStyle |
expressive realism
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symbolism ⓘ |
| commissionedBy |
Government of France
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surface form:
French government
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| commissionedFor |
Musée des Arts Décoratifs (Paris)
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surface form:
Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris
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| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Auguste Rodin ⓘ |
| creatorWorkPeriod |
1880s
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1890s ⓘ early 20th century ⓘ |
| depicts |
damned souls
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figures from Dante's Inferno ⓘ scenes from Hell ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt |
Cantor Arts Center
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surface form:
Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University
Musée Rodin, Paris ⓘ Musée d'Orsay (plaster elements and studies) ⓘ National Museum of Western Art ⓘ
surface form:
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo
Rodin Museum ⓘ
surface form:
Rodin Museum, Philadelphia
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| genre | symbolist sculpture ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Francesca da Rimini
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surface form:
Paolo and Francesca
The Thinker ⓘ The Three Shades ⓘ Ugolino and His Sons ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
multiple bronze casts
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plaster version ⓘ |
| inception | 1880 ⓘ |
| influenced | modern sculpture ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Divine Comedy
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surface form:
Dante Alighieri's Inferno
Divine Comedy ⓘ
surface form:
The Divine Comedy
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| languageOfWork | visual art ⓘ |
| locatedInCollection |
Musée Rodin, Paris
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surface form:
Musée Rodin collection
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| locationOfFirstFullCast | Musée Rodin, Paris ⓘ |
| material |
bronze
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plaster (original models) ⓘ |
| movement | French sculpture of the late 19th century ⓘ |
| notableElement | central seated figure later known as The Thinker ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Auguste Rodin ⓘ |
| originalTitle | La Porte de l'Enfer ⓘ |
| startTime | 1880 ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
Christian eschatology
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despair ⓘ human suffering ⓘ sin and punishment ⓘ tormented human bodies ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | French ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
freestanding figures integrated into relief
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high relief ⓘ low relief ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Gates of Hell Description of subject: The Gates of Hell is Auguste Rodin’s monumental sculptural portal inspired by Dante’s Inferno, featuring a dense assemblage of figures including the famous Thinker.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Kiss (Rodin)
this entity surface form:
The Gates of Hell (initial conception)
this entity surface form:
The Gates of Hell by Auguste Rodin