The Four Disgracers
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The Four Disgracers is a renowned series of Mannerist engravings by Dutch artist Hendrick Goltzius depicting mythological figures punished for their hubris.
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| The Four Disgracers canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Four Disgracers Context triple: [Hendrick Goltzius, notableWork, The Four Disgracers]
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The Adulateur
The Adulateur is a 1773 satirical political play by Mercy Otis Warren that criticizes British colonial authorities and helped fuel revolutionary sentiment in pre-Revolutionary America.
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B.
Eleven Years' Tyranny
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C.
Sejanus His Fall
Sejanus His Fall is a Jacobean tragedy by Ben Jonson that dramatizes the rise and downfall of the Roman statesman Sejanus under Emperor Tiberius.
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D.
The Favorites of the Emperor Honorius
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E.
Historia universal de la infamia
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Four Disgracers Target entity description: The Four Disgracers is a renowned series of Mannerist engravings by Dutch artist Hendrick Goltzius depicting mythological figures punished for their hubris.
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A.
The Adulateur
The Adulateur is a 1773 satirical political play by Mercy Otis Warren that criticizes British colonial authorities and helped fuel revolutionary sentiment in pre-Revolutionary America.
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B.
Eleven Years' Tyranny
Eleven Years' Tyranny refers to the period from 1629 to 1640 when King Charles I ruled England without calling Parliament, marked by controversial taxation and growing political and religious tensions.
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C.
Sejanus His Fall
Sejanus His Fall is a Jacobean tragedy by Ben Jonson that dramatizes the rise and downfall of the Roman statesman Sejanus under Emperor Tiberius.
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D.
The Favorites of the Emperor Honorius
The Favorites of the Emperor Honorius is a 19th-century painting by John William Waterhouse depicting the Roman emperor neglecting affairs of state while feeding his pet birds.
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E.
Historia universal de la infamia
"Historia universal de la infamia" is a 1935 collection of short, fictionalized biographies by Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges that blends fact and invention to portray infamous historical and literary figures in a stylized, experimental prose.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mannerist engravings
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series of prints ⓘ |
| artForm |
engraving
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printmaking ⓘ |
| artisticStyle |
dramatic foreshortening
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dynamic composition ⓘ virtuosic anatomical distortion ⓘ |
| basedOn | classical mythology ⓘ |
| circulation | widely disseminated as prints ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Dutch Republic ⓘ |
| creator | Hendrick Goltzius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | Dutch ⓘ |
| depicts |
Icarus
NERFINISHED
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Ixion NERFINISHED ⓘ Phaethon NERFINISHED ⓘ Tantalus NERFINISHED ⓘ falling and tumbling bodies ⓘ figures punished for hubris ⓘ interaction between mortals and gods ⓘ mythological figures ⓘ |
| genre | Mannerism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | later European printmakers ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Icarus (engraving)
NERFINISHED
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Ixion (engraving) NERFINISHED ⓘ Phaethon (engraving) NERFINISHED ⓘ Tantalus (engraving) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | late 16th century ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Italian Mannerism
NERFINISHED
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classical sculpture ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
humanist circles
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learned collectors ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Dutch ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
divine punishment
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hubris ⓘ |
| medium | engraving on paper ⓘ |
| movement | Northern Mannerism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
complex poses and musculature
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expressive depiction of the human body ⓘ technical virtuosity in engraving ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Hendrick Goltzius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Northern Renaissance print culture ⓘ |
| subjectOf | art historical scholarship ⓘ |
| theme |
consequences of pride
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moralizing narrative ⓘ |
| workPeriod | career of Hendrick Goltzius ⓘ |
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