The Discovery of Brazil
E576905
The Discovery of Brazil is a monumental painting by Brazilian modernist artist Cândido Portinari that depicts the arrival of the Portuguese in Brazil with dramatic, historically themed imagery.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Descobrimento do Brasil | 1 |
| The Discovery of Brazil canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6226044 — 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 Discovery of Brazil Context triple: [Cândido Portinari, notableWork, The Discovery of Brazil]
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The Arrival of Christopher Columbus
The Arrival of Christopher Columbus is a celebrated painting by Haitian artist Philomé Obin that depicts Columbus’s landing in the Americas through the lens of Haitian historical and folk-art traditions.
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The Discoverie of the Large, Rich and Bewtiful Empyre of Guiana
The Discoverie of the Large, Rich and Bewtiful Empyre of Guiana is Sir Walter Raleigh’s 1596 travel narrative and promotional account describing his expedition to South America and the fabled riches of Guiana, including the legendary city of El Dorado.
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C.
Brazilian Discovery Day
Brazilian Discovery Day is a national observance in Brazil that marks the arrival of Portuguese explorers and the beginning of European colonization of the region.
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D.
Padrão dos Descobrimentos
Padrão dos Descobrimentos is a monumental riverside sculpture in Lisbon commemorating Portugal’s Age of Discoveries and its key explorers.
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E.
The Coming of Columbus
The Coming of Columbus is a silent-era American film dramatizing Christopher Columbus’s voyage to the New World, produced by the early motion picture studio Selig Polyscope Company.
- 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 Discovery of Brazil Target entity description: The Discovery of Brazil is a monumental painting by Brazilian modernist artist Cândido Portinari that depicts the arrival of the Portuguese in Brazil with dramatic, historically themed imagery.
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A.
The Arrival of Christopher Columbus
The Arrival of Christopher Columbus is a celebrated painting by Haitian artist Philomé Obin that depicts Columbus’s landing in the Americas through the lens of Haitian historical and folk-art traditions.
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B.
The Discoverie of the Large, Rich and Bewtiful Empyre of Guiana
The Discoverie of the Large, Rich and Bewtiful Empyre of Guiana is Sir Walter Raleigh’s 1596 travel narrative and promotional account describing his expedition to South America and the fabled riches of Guiana, including the legendary city of El Dorado.
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C.
Brazilian Discovery Day
Brazilian Discovery Day is a national observance in Brazil that marks the arrival of Portuguese explorers and the beginning of European colonization of the region.
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D.
Padrão dos Descobrimentos
Padrão dos Descobrimentos is a monumental riverside sculpture in Lisbon commemorating Portugal’s Age of Discoveries and its key explorers.
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E.
The Coming of Columbus
The Coming of Columbus is a silent-era American film dramatizing Christopher Columbus’s voyage to the New World, produced by the early motion picture studio Selig Polyscope Company.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical painting
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monumental painting ⓘ painting ⓘ |
| about |
Age of Discovery
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linked to:
Age of Exploration
Brazilian history ⓘ Indigenous cultures in Brazil ⓘ Portuguese Empire ⓘ |
| artStyle |
Brazilian modernism
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figurative painting ⓘ |
| colorPalette |
earth tones
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strong contrasts ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Brazil ⓘ |
| creator | Cândido Portinari ⓘ |
| creatorMovement | Brazilian modernism ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | Brazilian ⓘ |
| creatorOccupation | painter ⓘ |
| depicts |
Brazilian coastline
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Christian symbols ⓘ Indigenous peoples of Brazil ⓘ Portuguese explorers ⓘ arrival of the Portuguese in Brazil ⓘ crosses ⓘ first contact between Europeans and Indigenous Brazilians ⓘ ships ⓘ |
| genre | history painting ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Brazilian national identity
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European colonization of the Americas ⓘ encounter of cultures ⓘ myth of discovery ⓘ religion and conversion ⓘ violence and domination ⓘ |
| hasTitleInPortuguese |
Descobrimento do Brasil
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linked to:
The Discovery of Brazil
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| influencedBy |
Brazilian colonial history
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Catholic iconography ⓘ European history painting tradition ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | visual art ⓘ |
| movement | Modernism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dramatic composition
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expressive figures ⓘ monumental scale ⓘ reinterpretation of colonial history ⓘ social and historical commentary ⓘ |
| partOf | Cândido Portinari's historical works ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | Portuguese ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Discovery of Brazil Description of subject: The Discovery of Brazil is a monumental painting by Brazilian modernist artist Cândido Portinari that depicts the arrival of the Portuguese in Brazil with dramatic, historically themed imagery.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Discovery of Brazil