The Procession to Calvary
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The Procession to Calvary is a 1564 painting by Flemish Renaissance artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder that depicts Christ’s journey to crucifixion within a vast, bustling contemporary landscape filled with detailed scenes of everyday life.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Procession to Calvary canonical | 3 |
| Procession to Calvary | 1 |
| The Procession to Calvary (after Pieter Bruegel the Elder) | 1 |
| procession to Calvary | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5684841 — 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 Procession to Calvary Context triple: [Pieter Bruegel the Elder, notableWork, The Procession to Calvary]
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A.
The Road to Calvary
The Road to Calvary is a historical novel trilogy by Russian writer Alexei Tolstoy that follows the lives of two sisters amid the upheavals of World War I, the Russian Revolution, and the Civil War.
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B.
Lamentation of Christ
Lamentation of Christ is a traditional Christian artistic theme depicting the mourners grieving over the dead body of Jesus after his crucifixion.
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C.
The Crucifixion
The Crucifixion is a Mannerist religious painting by Dutch artist Joachim Wtewael depicting the biblical scene of Christ’s crucifixion with dramatic composition and vivid detail.
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D.
The Crucifixion
The Crucifixion is a religious painting by French Baroque artist Jean Restout the Younger depicting the biblical scene of Christ’s crucifixion with dramatic emotional intensity.
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E.
Descent from the Cross of Jesus
Descent from the Cross of Jesus is a central New Testament event in which Jesus’ lifeless body is removed from the cross by his followers after the Crucifixion, a scene frequently depicted in Christian art.
- 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 Procession to Calvary Target entity description: The Procession to Calvary is a 1564 painting by Flemish Renaissance artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder that depicts Christ’s journey to crucifixion within a vast, bustling contemporary landscape filled with detailed scenes of everyday life.
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A.
The Road to Calvary
The Road to Calvary is a historical novel trilogy by Russian writer Alexei Tolstoy that follows the lives of two sisters amid the upheavals of World War I, the Russian Revolution, and the Civil War.
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B.
Lamentation of Christ
Lamentation of Christ is a traditional Christian artistic theme depicting the mourners grieving over the dead body of Jesus after his crucifixion.
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C.
The Crucifixion
The Crucifixion is a Mannerist religious painting by Dutch artist Joachim Wtewael depicting the biblical scene of Christ’s crucifixion with dramatic composition and vivid detail.
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D.
The Crucifixion
The Crucifixion is a religious painting by French Baroque artist Jean Restout the Younger depicting the biblical scene of Christ’s crucifixion with dramatic emotional intensity.
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E.
Descent from the Cross of Jesus
Descent from the Cross of Jesus is a central New Testament event in which Jesus’ lifeless body is removed from the cross by his followers after the Crucifixion, a scene frequently depicted in Christian art.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
oil painting
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painting ⓘ |
| artForm | panel painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalPeriod | 16th century ⓘ |
| artworkSurface | wooden panel ⓘ |
| collection | Kunsthistorisches Museum ⓘ |
| compositionFeature | small, almost hidden figure of Christ ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ |
| creator | Pieter Bruegel the Elder ⓘ |
| dateOfCreation | 1564 ⓘ |
| depictionStyle | crowded panoramic scene ⓘ |
| depicts |
Christ carrying the cross
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Mary and followers of Christ ⓘ Passion of Christ ⓘ contemporary 16th-century Flemish landscape ⓘ crowd of figures ⓘ crucifixion narrative ⓘ everyday life scenes ⓘ procession to Calvary ⓘ
linked to:
The Procession to Calvary
soldiers ⓘ |
| describedAs | vast, bustling landscape composition ⓘ |
| genre | religious painting ⓘ |
| hasPart |
execution hill
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townscape ⓘ various vignettes of daily life ⓘ windmill on a rocky outcrop ⓘ |
| inception | 1564 ⓘ |
| influencedBy | biblical accounts of the Passion ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Austria
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Vienna ⓘ |
| location | Kunsthistorisches Museum ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Calvary
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Jesus Christ ⓘ |
| materialUsed | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement |
Flemish Renaissance
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Northern Renaissance ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Pieter Bruegel the Elder ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
De Kruisdraging
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linked to:
De kruisafneming
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| originalTitleLanguage | Dutch ⓘ |
| partOf | collection of Flemish Old Masters at Kunsthistorisches Museum ⓘ |
| significantEvent | one of Bruegel's largest surviving paintings ⓘ |
| support | panel ⓘ |
| theme |
contrast between sacred event and everyday life
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religious narrative in contemporary setting ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Procession to Calvary Description of subject: The Procession to Calvary is a 1564 painting by Flemish Renaissance artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder that depicts Christ’s journey to crucifixion within a vast, bustling contemporary landscape filled with detailed scenes of everyday life.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Procession to Calvary
Pieter Brueghel the Younger
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notableWork
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The Procession to Calvary (after Pieter Bruegel the Elder)
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linked to: The Procession to Calvary
linked to: The Procession to Calvary