Andromache Mourning Hector
E442429
Andromache Mourning Hector is a neoclassical history painting by Scottish artist Gavin Hamilton depicting the grief of Hector’s widow after his death in the Trojan War.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Andromache Mourning Hector canonical | 2 |
| Andromache Bewailing the Death of Hector | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4467092 — 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: Andromache Mourning Hector Context triple: [Gavin Hamilton, notableWork, Andromache Mourning Hector]
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A.
The Sacrifice of Polyxena
The Sacrifice of Polyxena is a Baroque history painting by French artist Antoine Coypel depicting the tragic mythological execution of Polyxena at the end of the Trojan War.
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B.
Andromache
Andromache is a tragedy by the ancient Greek playwright Euripides that focuses on the suffering and resilience of Hector’s widow after the fall of Troy.
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C.
The Shield of Achilles
The Shield of Achilles is a poem by W. H. Auden that contrasts Homeric heroism with the horrors and moral emptiness of the modern world.
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D.
Troades
Troades is a tragic play by the Roman philosopher and dramatist Seneca the Younger that portrays the suffering of the Trojan women after the fall of Troy.
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E.
Helen of Troy in The Trojan Women
Helen of Troy in *The Trojan Women* is the mythic Spartan queen whose beauty sparked the Trojan War, portrayed as a complex and controversial figure amid the suffering of Troy’s defeated women.
- 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: Andromache Mourning Hector Target entity description: Andromache Mourning Hector is a neoclassical history painting by Scottish artist Gavin Hamilton depicting the grief of Hector’s widow after his death in the Trojan War.
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A.
The Sacrifice of Polyxena
The Sacrifice of Polyxena is a Baroque history painting by French artist Antoine Coypel depicting the tragic mythological execution of Polyxena at the end of the Trojan War.
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B.
Andromache
Andromache is a tragedy by the ancient Greek playwright Euripides that focuses on the suffering and resilience of Hector’s widow after the fall of Troy.
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C.
The Shield of Achilles
The Shield of Achilles is a poem by W. H. Auden that contrasts Homeric heroism with the horrors and moral emptiness of the modern world.
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D.
Troades
Troades is a tragic play by the Roman philosopher and dramatist Seneca the Younger that portrays the suffering of the Trojan women after the fall of Troy.
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E.
Helen of Troy in The Trojan Women
Helen of Troy in *The Trojan Women* is the mythic Spartan queen whose beauty sparked the Trojan War, portrayed as a complex and controversial figure amid the suffering of Troy’s defeated women.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
history painting
ⓘ
neoclassical painting ⓘ painting ⓘ |
| artForm | oil painting ⓘ |
| artisticSchool |
Scottish Neoclassical school
ⓘ
linked to:
Neoclassical architecture
|
| basedOnCharacter |
Andromache
ⓘ
Astyanax ⓘ Hector ⓘ |
| basedOnWork |
Iliad
ⓘ
linked to:
Homer's Iliad
|
| countryOfOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| creator | Gavin Hamilton ⓘ |
| culturalContext | 18th-century European art ⓘ |
| depicts |
Andromache
ⓘ
Astyanax ⓘ Hector ⓘ |
| depictsEvent | aftermath of Hector's death ⓘ |
| depictsLocation | Troy ⓘ |
| depictsMoment | Andromache grieving Hector after his death ⓘ |
| depictsTheme |
classical mythology
ⓘ
grief ⓘ heroic death ⓘ widowhood ⓘ |
| genre | Neoclassicism ⓘ |
| hasEmotion |
despair
ⓘ
pathos ⓘ sorrow ⓘ |
| hasInfluence | later Neoclassical history painting ⓘ |
| hasMainFigure | Andromache ⓘ |
| hasSecondaryFigure |
Astyanax
ⓘ
Hector ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
classical composition
ⓘ
historical classicism ⓘ idealized figures ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
classical history
ⓘ
mythological scene ⓘ |
| iconographicTheme | mourning at a hero's body ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Homer's Iliad
ⓘ
Trojan War ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| movement | Neoclassicism ⓘ |
| mythologicalCycle | Trojan cycle ⓘ |
| narrativeSource | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| partOf | Gavin Hamilton's series of classical history paintings ⓘ |
| portrays |
Hector's widow
ⓘ
linked to:
Andromache
maternal sorrow ⓘ |
| portraysFromPerspectiveOf | Andromache ⓘ |
| title | Andromache Mourning Hector ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Andromache Mourning Hector Description of subject: Andromache Mourning Hector is a neoclassical history painting by Scottish artist Gavin Hamilton depicting the grief of Hector’s widow after his death in the Trojan War.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Andromache Mourning Hector