Nicolas Poussin's painting "A Dance to the Music of Time"
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Nicolas Poussin's painting "A Dance to the Music of Time" is a 17th-century allegorical work depicting the cyclical nature of human life through dancing figures accompanied by personifications of Time and the seasons.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Nicolas Poussin's painting "A Dance to the Music of Time" canonical | 2 |
| A Dance to the Music of Time by Nicolas Poussin | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nicolas Poussin's painting "A Dance to the Music of Time" Context triple: [A Dance to the Music of Time, inspiredBy, Nicolas Poussin's painting "A Dance to the Music of Time"]
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A.
The Four Seasons (Poussin)
The Four Seasons is a series of four landscape paintings by Nicolas Poussin that allegorically depict the biblical story of humanity through the changing seasons.
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The Wedding Dance by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
"The Wedding Dance" by Pieter Bruegel the Elder is a lively 16th-century Flemish painting depicting a peasant wedding celebration, renowned for its detailed portrayal of rustic life and social customs.
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Portrait of Antoine Watteau
"Portrait of Antoine Watteau" is an 18th-century pastel portrait by Venetian Rococo artist Rosalba Carriera depicting the French painter Jean-Antoine Watteau.
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Marriage (painting by Nicolas Poussin)
"Marriage" is one of Nicolas Poussin’s classical, architecturally staged religious canvases from his series on the Seven Sacraments, depicting the solemn rite of Christian matrimony.
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E.
Eucharist (painting by Nicolas Poussin)
"Eucharist" is a 17th-century religious painting by Nicolas Poussin that depicts the Christian sacrament of Holy Communion as part of his series on the Seven Sacraments.
- 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: Nicolas Poussin's painting "A Dance to the Music of Time" Target entity description: Nicolas Poussin's painting "A Dance to the Music of Time" is a 17th-century allegorical work depicting the cyclical nature of human life through dancing figures accompanied by personifications of Time and the seasons.
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A.
The Four Seasons (Poussin)
The Four Seasons is a series of four landscape paintings by Nicolas Poussin that allegorically depict the biblical story of humanity through the changing seasons.
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B.
The Wedding Dance by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
"The Wedding Dance" by Pieter Bruegel the Elder is a lively 16th-century Flemish painting depicting a peasant wedding celebration, renowned for its detailed portrayal of rustic life and social customs.
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C.
Portrait of Antoine Watteau
"Portrait of Antoine Watteau" is an 18th-century pastel portrait by Venetian Rococo artist Rosalba Carriera depicting the French painter Jean-Antoine Watteau.
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D.
Marriage (painting by Nicolas Poussin)
"Marriage" is one of Nicolas Poussin’s classical, architecturally staged religious canvases from his series on the Seven Sacraments, depicting the solemn rite of Christian matrimony.
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E.
Eucharist (painting by Nicolas Poussin)
"Eucharist" is a 17th-century religious painting by Nicolas Poussin that depicts the Christian sacrament of Holy Communion as part of his series on the Seven Sacraments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
allegorical painting
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painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalContext | French Baroque classicism ⓘ |
| artworkType | oil on canvas ⓘ |
| collection |
The Wallace Collection
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linked to:
Wallace Collection
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| completionDate | c. 1636 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Nicolas Poussin ⓘ |
| depicts |
Apollo
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Aurora ⓘ Fortune ⓘ Labor ⓘ Poverty ⓘ Wealth ⓘ allegory of the cyclical nature of human life ⓘ chariot of the Sun ⓘ classical mythology ⓘ cycle of the seasons ⓘ dancing figures ⓘ music as ordering principle of time ⓘ personification of Time ⓘ putti ⓘ the seasons ⓘ zodiac signs ⓘ |
| genre | allegory ⓘ |
| hasPart |
chariot of Apollo in the sky
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figure of a putto blowing bubbles ⓘ figure of a putto blowing soap bubbles ⓘ figure of a putto holding an hourglass ⓘ four dancing figures in a ring ⓘ personification of Aurora ⓘ seated figure of Time playing a lyre ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
inevitability of time
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mutability of fortune ⓘ vanitas ⓘ |
| inception | c. 1634–1636 ⓘ |
| influenced |
Anthony Powell's novel sequence "A Dance to the Music of Time"
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linked to:
A Dance to the Music of Time
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| influencedWork |
A Dance to the Music of Time (novel sequence)
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linked to:
A Dance to the Music of Time
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| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
London
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linked to:
London, England
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| location |
The Wallace Collection
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linked to:
Wallace Collection
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| mainSubject |
Fortune and human condition
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cycle of human life ⓘ passage of time ⓘ |
| materialUsed | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement | Baroque ⓘ |
| originalTitle | La Danse au rythme du Temps ⓘ |
| surface | canvas ⓘ |
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Subject: Nicolas Poussin's painting "A Dance to the Music of Time" Description of subject: Nicolas Poussin's painting "A Dance to the Music of Time" is a 17th-century allegorical work depicting the cyclical nature of human life through dancing figures accompanied by personifications of Time and the seasons.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
A Dance to the Music of Time
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inspiredBy
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Nicolas Poussin's painting "A Dance to the Music of Time"
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A Dance to the Music of Time
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titleRefersTo
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Nicolas Poussin's painting "A Dance to the Music of Time"
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linked to: Nicolas Poussin's painting "A Dance to the Music of Time"