The Finding of the Body of Saint Mark
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The Finding of the Body of Saint Mark is a dramatic 16th-century religious painting by Venetian master Tintoretto, renowned for its dynamic composition, intense chiaroscuro, and depiction of the discovery of Saint Mark’s relics.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6573139 — 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 Finding of the Body of Saint Mark Context triple: [Tintoretto, notableWork, The Finding of the Body of Saint Mark]
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A.
Anaphora of Saint Mark
The Anaphora of Saint Mark is an ancient Eucharistic prayer of the Alexandrian liturgical tradition, historically used in the Coptic and Greek rites.
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B.
Horses of Saint Mark
The Horses of Saint Mark are a famous set of ancient bronze equine statues, likely of classical Greek origin, now displayed at St. Mark's Basilica in Venice and renowned for their storied history of looting and relocation.
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C.
The Eve of St. Mark
The Eve of St. Mark is a 1944 World War II drama film, based on a Maxwell Anderson play, in which Eddie Bracken portrays a young American soldier facing the emotional toll of impending combat.
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D.
The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew
The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew is a dramatic Baroque painting by Caravaggio depicting the violent killing of the apostle Matthew at the altar, renowned for its intense chiaroscuro and emotional realism.
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E.
The Bravo of Venice
The Bravo of Venice is a Gothic romance novel by Matthew Gregory Lewis, adapted from a German tale and set amid intrigue and adventure in Renaissance Venice.
- 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 Finding of the Body of Saint Mark Target entity description: The Finding of the Body of Saint Mark is a dramatic 16th-century religious painting by Venetian master Tintoretto, renowned for its dynamic composition, intense chiaroscuro, and depiction of the discovery of Saint Mark’s relics.
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A.
Anaphora of Saint Mark
The Anaphora of Saint Mark is an ancient Eucharistic prayer of the Alexandrian liturgical tradition, historically used in the Coptic and Greek rites.
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B.
Horses of Saint Mark
The Horses of Saint Mark are a famous set of ancient bronze equine statues, likely of classical Greek origin, now displayed at St. Mark's Basilica in Venice and renowned for their storied history of looting and relocation.
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C.
The Eve of St. Mark
The Eve of St. Mark is a 1944 World War II drama film, based on a Maxwell Anderson play, in which Eddie Bracken portrays a young American soldier facing the emotional toll of impending combat.
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D.
The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew
The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew is a dramatic Baroque painting by Caravaggio depicting the violent killing of the apostle Matthew at the altar, renowned for its intense chiaroscuro and emotional realism.
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E.
The Bravo of Venice
The Bravo of Venice is a Gothic romance novel by Matthew Gregory Lewis, adapted from a German tale and set amid intrigue and adventure in Renaissance Venice.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
painting
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religious painting ⓘ |
| artForm | oil on canvas ⓘ |
| artist | Tintoretto ⓘ |
| artisticSchool | Venetian school ⓘ |
| collection | Gallerie dell’Accademia collection ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Republic of Venice ⓘ |
| creator | Tintoretto ⓘ |
| creatorAlsoKnownAs |
Jacopo Tintoretto
ⓘ
linked to:
Tintoretto
|
| creatorBirthName |
Jacopo Robusti
ⓘ
linked to:
Tintoretto
|
| creatorNationality | Italian ⓘ |
| culture | Venetian ⓘ |
| depicts |
Saint Mark
ⓘ
finding of the relics of Saint Mark ⓘ |
| depictsEvent | translation of Saint Mark’s relics ⓘ |
| depictsSaint | Mark the Evangelist ⓘ |
| genre | religious art ⓘ |
| hasPart |
architectural setting
ⓘ
dramatic sky ⓘ figures of onlookers ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
dramatic perspective
ⓘ
strong contrasts of light and shadow ⓘ |
| inception |
16th century
ⓘ
c. 1562–1566 ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | legend of the body of Saint Mark in Alexandria ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Italian ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Venice ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry | Italy ⓘ |
| location | Gallerie dell’Accademia ⓘ |
| mainSubject | discovery of Saint Mark’s body ⓘ |
| materialUsed | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement | Mannerism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dramatic lighting
ⓘ
dramatic religious narrative ⓘ dynamic composition ⓘ intense chiaroscuro ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Il ritrovamento del corpo di San Marco
ⓘ
linked to:
The Finding of the Body of Saint Mark
|
| period | Late Renaissance ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| setIn |
Alexandria (traditional setting of the legend)
ⓘ
linked to:
Hellenistic Alexandria
|
| surface | canvas ⓘ |
| theme |
miraculous discovery
ⓘ
veneration of relics ⓘ |
| useOfTechnique | chiaroscuro ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Finding of the Body of Saint Mark Description of subject: The Finding of the Body of Saint Mark is a dramatic 16th-century religious painting by Venetian master Tintoretto, renowned for its dynamic composition, intense chiaroscuro, and depiction of the discovery of Saint Mark’s relics.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: The Finding of the Body of Saint Mark