Jan Matejko
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Jan Matejko was a renowned 19th-century Polish painter best known for his large-scale historical works depicting pivotal events in Polish history.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jan Matejko canonical | 6 |
| Matejko | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2493163 — 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: Jan Matejko Context triple: [Rakowicki Cemetery, burialPlaceOf, Jan Matejko]
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A.
Aleksander Skrzyński
Aleksander Skrzyński was a Polish diplomat and politician who served as Prime Minister of Poland in the interwar period.
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B.
Zygmunt Bohusz-Szyszko
Zygmunt Bohusz-Szyszko was a Polish general and military commander who played a prominent role in the Polish Armed Forces during World War II, particularly in exile.
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C.
Stanisław Kania
Stanisław Kania was a Polish communist politician who briefly served as First Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party in the early 1980s during a critical period of the Solidarity movement.
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D.
Wilgelm Vitgeft
Wilgelm Vitgeft was a Russian Imperial Navy admiral who led the Pacific Squadron during the Russo-Japanese War and was killed while commanding at the Battle of the Yellow Sea.
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E.
Juliusz Słowacki
Juliusz Słowacki was a leading 19th-century Polish Romantic poet and playwright whose works and political engagement made him a key cultural figure of the Polish struggle for independence.
- 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: Jan Matejko Target entity description: Jan Matejko was a renowned 19th-century Polish painter best known for his large-scale historical works depicting pivotal events in Polish history.
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A.
Aleksander Skrzyński
Aleksander Skrzyński was a Polish diplomat and politician who served as Prime Minister of Poland in the interwar period.
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B.
Zygmunt Bohusz-Szyszko
Zygmunt Bohusz-Szyszko was a Polish general and military commander who played a prominent role in the Polish Armed Forces during World War II, particularly in exile.
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C.
Stanisław Kania
Stanisław Kania was a Polish communist politician who briefly served as First Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party in the early 1980s during a critical period of the Solidarity movement.
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D.
Wilgelm Vitgeft
Wilgelm Vitgeft was a Russian Imperial Navy admiral who led the Pacific Squadron during the Russo-Japanese War and was killed while commanding at the Battle of the Yellow Sea.
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E.
Juliusz Słowacki
Juliusz Słowacki was a leading 19th-century Polish Romantic poet and playwright whose works and political engagement made him a key cultural figure of the Polish struggle for independence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Polish painter
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human ⓘ painter ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Rakowicki Cemetery ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Poland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1838-06-24 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1893-11-01 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków
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Academy of Fine Arts Munich ⓘ
surface form:
Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
Academy of Fine Arts Vienna ⓘ
surface form:
Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna
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| ethnicGroup | Poles ⓘ |
| familyName |
Jan Matejko
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Matejko
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| fieldOfWork |
history painting
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portrait painting ⓘ |
| genre |
historical painting
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portrait ⓘ religious painting ⓘ |
| givenName | Jan ⓘ |
| hasSignature | signature of Jan Matejko (image file) ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Polish history
ⓘ
Romantic nationalism ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Polish ⓘ |
| movement |
Romanticism
ⓘ
historical painting ⓘ |
| name | Jan Matejko self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depictions of pivotal events in Polish history
ⓘ
large-scale historical paintings ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Astronomer Copernicus, or Conversations with God
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Battle of Grunwald ⓘ Government Act of 3 May 1791 ⓘ
surface form:
Constitution of 3 May 1791
Battle of Vienna ⓘ
surface form:
Jan Sobieski at Vienna
Rejtan – The Fall of Poland ⓘ Stańczyk ⓘ Prussian Homage ⓘ
surface form:
The Prussian Homage
Union of Lublin ⓘ |
| occupation |
painter
ⓘ
teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
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surface form:
Austrian Empire
Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria ⓘ Kraków ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Austro-Hungarian Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Austria-Hungary
Kraków ⓘ |
| positionHeld | rector of the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Teodora Giebułtowska ⓘ |
| workLocation | Kraków ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jan Matejko Description of subject: Jan Matejko was a renowned 19th-century Polish painter best known for his large-scale historical works depicting pivotal events in Polish history.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Matejko