The Age of Bronze

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bronze sculpture sculpture work of art

The Age of Bronze is a famous early sculpture by Auguste Rodin depicting a life-sized nude male figure in a naturalistic, contemplative pose.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
The Age of Bronze canonical	3
L’Âge d’airain	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2404430 — 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 Age of Bronze
Context triple: [Rodin Museum, hasWork, The Age of Bronze]

A. The Judgement of Paris
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B. La Edad de Oro
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C. The Apotheosis of Homer
The Apotheosis of Homer is a neoclassical painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres that idealizes the ancient Greek poet Homer enthroned and venerated by great figures from art and literature.
D. Queen of Ithaca
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E. King of Ithaca
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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 Age of Bronze
Target entity description: The Age of Bronze is a famous early sculpture by Auguste Rodin depicting a life-sized nude male figure in a naturalistic, contemplative pose.

A. The Judgement of Paris
The Judgement of Paris is a famous mythological painting by Peter Paul Rubens depicting the Trojan prince Paris choosing the fairest goddess among Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite.
B. La Edad de Oro
La Edad de Oro is a 19th-century Spanish-language magazine and collection of stories and essays for children written by José Martí, aimed at educating and inspiring young Latin Americans.
C. The Apotheosis of Homer
The Apotheosis of Homer is a neoclassical painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres that idealizes the ancient Greek poet Homer enthroned and venerated by great figures from art and literature.
D. Queen of Ithaca
Queen of Ithaca is the royal title held by Penelope, renowned in Greek mythology for her loyalty and cleverness during Odysseus’s long absence.
E. King of Ithaca
The King of Ithaca is the legendary Greek monarch best known as Odysseus, the cunning hero of Homer’s Odyssey and leader of the island kingdom of Ithaca.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bronze sculpture ⓘ sculpture ⓘ work of art ⓘ
accusations	alleged use of life cast ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	L’Âge d’airain ⓘ linked to: The Age of Bronze The Bronze Age ⓘ linked to: Bronze Age
artHistoricalSignificance	helped establish Rodin’s reputation ⓘ
artist	Auguste Rodin ⓘ
associatedWith	French Third Republic art ⓘ
castingTechnique	lost-wax casting ⓘ
completionDate	1876 ⓘ
controversy	realism led to accusations of casting from life ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	France ⓘ
creator	Auguste Rodin ⓘ
depictionStyle	naturalistic ⓘ
depicts	nude male figure ⓘ
depictsEmotion	contemplation ⓘ melancholy ⓘ
firstExhibited	1877 ⓘ
firstExhibitedAt	Paris Salon ⓘ
firstExhibitedIn	Paris ⓘ
genre	figurative sculpture ⓘ
hasMultipleCasts	true ⓘ
height	approximately life-size human height ⓘ
inception	1876 ⓘ
influencedBy	Michelangelo ⓘ classical sculpture ⓘ
languageOfTitle	French ⓘ
locatedInCollection	various public and private collections worldwide ⓘ
material	bronze ⓘ
movement	Modern sculpture ⓘ Realism ⓘ
notableCastLocation	Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York ⓘ linked to: Metropolitan Museum of Art Musée Rodin, Paris ⓘ Victoria and Albert Museum, London ⓘ linked to: Victoria and Albert Museum
notableFeature	expressive, introspective gesture ⓘ highly detailed anatomy ⓘ
originalTitle	L’Âge d’airain ⓘ linked to: The Age of Bronze
periodInArtistCareer	early major work ⓘ
pose	contemplative pose ⓘ
scale	life-size ⓘ
subject	soldier ⓘ standing young man ⓘ
theme	awakening of humanity ⓘ human consciousness ⓘ introspection ⓘ
title	The Age of Bronze ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Rodin Museum → hasWork → The Age of Bronze ⓘ

Auguste Rodin → notableWork → The Age of Bronze ⓘ

The Age of Bronze → title → The Age of Bronze ⓘ

The Age of Bronze → originalTitle → L’Âge d’airain ⓘ

linked to: The Age of Bronze

The Age of Bronze → alsoKnownAs → L’Âge d’airain ⓘ