The Life of the Virgin (engraving series)
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The Life of the Virgin is a renowned late 16th-century engraving series by Dutch master Hendrick Goltzius depicting key episodes from the life of the Virgin Mary with highly detailed, mannerist virtuosity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Life of the Virgin (engraving series) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5021890 — 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 Life of the Virgin (engraving series) Context triple: [Hendrick Goltzius, notableWork, The Life of the Virgin (engraving series)]
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Apocalypse woodcuts
Apocalypse woodcuts is a celebrated series of late 15th-century woodcut prints by Albrecht Dürer depicting dramatic scenes from the biblical Book of Revelation.
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The Presentation of the Virgin Mary
The Presentation of the Virgin Mary is a Christian feast commemorating the tradition that Mary was brought as a child to the Temple in Jerusalem and dedicated to God.
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The Virgin in the Garden
The Virgin in the Garden is a 1978 novel by A. S. Byatt, set in postwar England and centered on a family drama unfolding around the staging of a play about Elizabeth I during the coronation of Elizabeth II.
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D.
Portraits in Miniature
Portraits in Miniature is a collection of brief, incisive biographical sketches by English writer and critic Lytton Strachey, showcasing his wit and psychological insight into historical figures.
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E.
Dance of Death woodcuts
The Dance of Death woodcuts are a renowned series of early 16th-century allegorical prints by Hans Holbein the Younger that depict Death confronting people from all walks of life, illustrating the universality of mortality.
- 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 Life of the Virgin (engraving series) Target entity description: The Life of the Virgin is a renowned late 16th-century engraving series by Dutch master Hendrick Goltzius depicting key episodes from the life of the Virgin Mary with highly detailed, mannerist virtuosity.
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A.
Apocalypse woodcuts
Apocalypse woodcuts is a celebrated series of late 15th-century woodcut prints by Albrecht Dürer depicting dramatic scenes from the biblical Book of Revelation.
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B.
The Presentation of the Virgin Mary
The Presentation of the Virgin Mary is a Christian feast commemorating the tradition that Mary was brought as a child to the Temple in Jerusalem and dedicated to God.
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C.
The Virgin in the Garden
The Virgin in the Garden is a 1978 novel by A. S. Byatt, set in postwar England and centered on a family drama unfolding around the staging of a play about Elizabeth I during the coronation of Elizabeth II.
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D.
Portraits in Miniature
Portraits in Miniature is a collection of brief, incisive biographical sketches by English writer and critic Lytton Strachey, showcasing his wit and psychological insight into historical figures.
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E.
Dance of Death woodcuts
The Dance of Death woodcuts are a renowned series of early 16th-century allegorical prints by Hans Holbein the Younger that depict Death confronting people from all walks of life, illustrating the universality of mortality.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
engraving series
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print series ⓘ |
| artForm | printmaking ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance |
demonstrates Hendrick Goltzius’s technical virtuosity in engraving
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important example of late 16th-century Dutch mannerist printmaking ⓘ |
| artisticStyle | Mannerist ⓘ |
| associatedArtist | Hendrick Goltzius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Dutch Golden Age printmaking ⓘ |
| circulation | distributed as prints across Europe ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Dutch Republic ⓘ |
| creator | Hendrick Goltzius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | Dutch ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Counter-Reformation devotional culture ⓘ |
| depicts |
Adoration of the Magi
NERFINISHED
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Annunciation to the Virgin Mary NERFINISHED ⓘ Assumption of the Virgin NERFINISHED ⓘ Coronation of the Virgin NERFINISHED ⓘ Death of the Virgin NERFINISHED ⓘ Flight into Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ Nativity of Christ ⓘ Presentation of Christ in the Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ Virgin Mary ⓘ scenes from the life of the Virgin Mary ⓘ |
| genre |
Christian art
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religious art ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
complex, mannerist compositions
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highly detailed line work ⓘ virtuosic treatment of anatomy and drapery ⓘ |
| iconography | Marian iconography ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Italian Mannerism
NERFINISHED
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Northern Renaissance engraving traditions ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | learned and pious collectors ⓘ |
| languageOfInscriptions | Latin ⓘ |
| medium | engraving on paper ⓘ |
| movement | Mannerism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
expressive figure poses typical of Mannerism
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technical precision in burin work ⓘ |
| relatedTheme | Marian devotion in early modern Europe ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByArtist | The Passion (engraving series) by Hendrick Goltzius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousFunction | devotional image cycle ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
New Testament themes
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episodes from the life of the Virgin Mary ⓘ |
| technique | engraving ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 16th century ⓘ |
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Subject: The Life of the Virgin (engraving series) Description of subject: The Life of the Virgin is a renowned late 16th-century engraving series by Dutch master Hendrick Goltzius depicting key episodes from the life of the Virgin Mary with highly detailed, mannerist virtuosity.
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