Christ Preaching (La Petite Tombe)
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Christ Preaching (La Petite Tombe) is a small but celebrated etching by Rembrandt depicting Jesus teaching a gathered crowd with intimate detail and dramatic use of light and shadow.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Christ Preaching (La Petite Tombe) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5903201 — 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: Christ Preaching (La Petite Tombe) Context triple: [complete works of Rembrandt, includesNotableWork, Christ Preaching (La Petite Tombe)]
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A.
Chapelle du Calvaire
Chapelle du Calvaire is a side chapel within Paris’s Église Saint-Roch, notable for its devotional focus on the Passion and Crucifixion of Christ.
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B.
Saint-Sépulcre (French)
Saint-Sépulcre is the French name traditionally used to refer to the Holy Sepulchre, the tomb in Jerusalem where Jesus is believed to have been laid after his crucifixion.
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Chapelle de la Vierge
Chapelle de la Vierge is a side chapel within Paris’s Église Saint-Roch, dedicated to the Virgin Mary and notable for its devotional art and architecture.
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D.
The Procession to Calvary
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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E.
Chapel of the Apparitions
The Chapel of the Apparitions is a small Catholic shrine in Fátima, Portugal, built on the site where three shepherd children reported Marian apparitions in 1917.
- 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: Christ Preaching (La Petite Tombe) Target entity description: Christ Preaching (La Petite Tombe) is a small but celebrated etching by Rembrandt depicting Jesus teaching a gathered crowd with intimate detail and dramatic use of light and shadow.
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A.
Chapelle du Calvaire
Chapelle du Calvaire is a side chapel within Paris’s Église Saint-Roch, notable for its devotional focus on the Passion and Crucifixion of Christ.
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B.
Saint-Sépulcre (French)
Saint-Sépulcre is the French name traditionally used to refer to the Holy Sepulchre, the tomb in Jerusalem where Jesus is believed to have been laid after his crucifixion.
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C.
Chapelle de la Vierge
Chapelle de la Vierge is a side chapel within Paris’s Église Saint-Roch, dedicated to the Virgin Mary and notable for its devotional art and architecture.
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D.
The Procession to Calvary
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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E.
Chapel of the Apparitions
The Chapel of the Apparitions is a small Catholic shrine in Fátima, Portugal, built on the site where three shepherd children reported Marian apparitions in 1917.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
etching
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print ⓘ religious artwork ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Christ Preaching
NERFINISHED
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La Petite Tombe NERFINISHED ⓘ The Little Tomb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance |
highly regarded by print collectors
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important example of Rembrandt’s religious prints ⓘ |
| cataloguedIn | Bartsch catalogue of Rembrandt prints NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Dutch Republic ⓘ |
| creator | Rembrandt van Rijn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Dutch ⓘ |
| depicts |
Christ preaching to a crowd
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Jesus Christ NERFINISHED ⓘ group of listeners ⓘ |
| genre |
Christian art
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biblical scene ⓘ |
| hasDimension | small format ⓘ |
| hasMedium | etching on paper ⓘ |
| inception | c. 1652 ⓘ |
| influenced | later interpretations of Christ as teacher in printmaking ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | French ⓘ |
| material | ink on paper ⓘ |
| movement | Dutch Golden Age ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed characterization of figures
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dramatic use of light and shadow ⓘ expressive line work ⓘ intimate scale ⓘ |
| period | 17th century ⓘ |
| placeOfProduction | Amsterdam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays |
Christ as a humble teacher
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diverse social types in the audience ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| style | Baroque ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
New Testament theme
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teaching of Christ ⓘ |
| technique |
drypoint
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etching ⓘ |
| uses | chiaroscuro effects ⓘ |
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Subject: Christ Preaching (La Petite Tombe) Description of subject: Christ Preaching (La Petite Tombe) is a small but celebrated etching by Rembrandt depicting Jesus teaching a gathered crowd with intimate detail and dramatic use of light and shadow.
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