Portrait of Voltaire
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Portrait of Voltaire is an 18th-century pastel portrait by Maurice Quentin de La Tour depicting the famed French Enlightenment writer and philosopher Voltaire.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Portrait of Voltaire canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4195723 — 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: Portrait of Voltaire Context triple: [Maurice Quentin de La Tour, notableWork, Portrait of Voltaire]
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A.
Seated Voltaire
Seated Voltaire is a renowned neoclassical sculpture depicting the French philosopher Voltaire seated in contemplative pose, celebrated for its lifelike realism and psychological depth.
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B.
Portrait of Bossuet
Portrait of Bossuet is a renowned Baroque-era oil painting by French court portraitist Hyacinthe Rigaud depicting the influential bishop and orator Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet.
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C.
Le Voltaire
Le Voltaire was a 19th-century French newspaper known for its republican, anticlerical stance and its role in serializing major literary works.
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D.
Voltaire’s Bastards
Voltaire’s Bastards is a non-fiction book by John Ralston Saul that critiques the dominance of rationalist technocracy in modern Western society and its corrosive effects on democracy and human values.
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E.
Bust of Voltaire
Bust of Voltaire is a renowned neoclassical sculpture depicting the French Enlightenment writer and philosopher Voltaire, celebrated for its lifelike realism and psychological insight.
- 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: Portrait of Voltaire Target entity description: Portrait of Voltaire is an 18th-century pastel portrait by Maurice Quentin de La Tour depicting the famed French Enlightenment writer and philosopher Voltaire.
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A.
Seated Voltaire
Seated Voltaire is a renowned neoclassical sculpture depicting the French philosopher Voltaire seated in contemplative pose, celebrated for its lifelike realism and psychological depth.
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B.
Portrait of Bossuet
Portrait of Bossuet is a renowned Baroque-era oil painting by French court portraitist Hyacinthe Rigaud depicting the influential bishop and orator Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet.
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C.
Le Voltaire
Le Voltaire was a 19th-century French newspaper known for its republican, anticlerical stance and its role in serializing major literary works.
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D.
Voltaire’s Bastards
Voltaire’s Bastards is a non-fiction book by John Ralston Saul that critiques the dominance of rationalist technocracy in modern Western society and its corrosive effects on democracy and human values.
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E.
Bust of Voltaire
Bust of Voltaire is a renowned neoclassical sculpture depicting the French Enlightenment writer and philosopher Voltaire, celebrated for its lifelike realism and psychological insight.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
painting
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pastel portrait ⓘ |
| artForm | 2D visual art ⓘ |
| artMedium | pastel ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Maurice Quentin de La Tour ⓘ |
| creatorName | Maurice Quentin de La Tour ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | French ⓘ |
| creatorOccupation |
painter
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portraitist ⓘ |
| depicts | Voltaire ⓘ |
| depictsAlias | Voltaire ⓘ |
| depictsBirthPlace | Paris ⓘ |
| depictsEthnicity | French ⓘ |
| depictsMovement |
Enlightenment
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linked to:
Age of Enlightenment
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| depictsName |
François-Marie Arouet
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linked to:
Voltaire
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| depictsNationality | French ⓘ |
| depictsNotableWorkAuthor |
Candide
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Letters on the English ⓘ Philosophical Dictionary ⓘ |
| depictsOccupation |
philosopher
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writer ⓘ |
| depictsSex | male ⓘ |
| depictsTimePeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
| genre | portrait ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Portrait of Voltaire ⓘ |
| inception | 18th century ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
French Enlightenment philosopher
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French Enlightenment writer ⓘ |
| movement | Rococo ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Portrait of Voltaire Description of subject: Portrait of Voltaire is an 18th-century pastel portrait by Maurice Quentin de La Tour depicting the famed French Enlightenment writer and philosopher Voltaire.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.