Whistler's Mother
E63657
Whistler's Mother is an iconic 1871 oil painting by James McNeill Whistler, renowned as a masterpiece of American-influenced portraiture and often likened to the American "Mona Lisa."
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Whistler's Mother canonical | 3 |
| Whistler’s Mother | 2 |
| Whistler’s mother | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T510508 — 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: Whistler's Mother Context triple: [Musée d'Orsay, notableWorkHeld, Whistler's Mother]
-
A.
Little Dancer of Fourteen Years
Little Dancer of Fourteen Years is a famous late-19th-century sculpture by Edgar Degas depicting a young ballet student in a naturalistic, lifelike pose that challenged traditional ideals of beauty and art.
-
B.
The Lacemaker
The Lacemaker is a small, intimate 17th-century genre painting by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer depicting a young woman absorbed in the delicate craft of lace-making.
-
C.
Luncheon of the Boating Party
Luncheon of the Boating Party is a celebrated Impressionist painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir depicting a lively social gathering of friends dining on a balcony overlooking the Seine.
-
D.
Mona Lisa
The Mona Lisa is Leonardo da Vinci’s iconic Renaissance portrait, renowned worldwide for its enigmatic smile and artistic mastery.
-
E.
Café Terrace at Night
Café Terrace at Night is a famous 1888 oil painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting a brightly lit outdoor café scene under a starry night sky in Arles, France.
- 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: Whistler's Mother Target entity description: Whistler's Mother is an iconic 1871 oil painting by James McNeill Whistler, renowned as a masterpiece of American-influenced portraiture and often likened to the American "Mona Lisa."
-
A.
Little Dancer of Fourteen Years
Little Dancer of Fourteen Years is a famous late-19th-century sculpture by Edgar Degas depicting a young ballet student in a naturalistic, lifelike pose that challenged traditional ideals of beauty and art.
-
B.
The Lacemaker
The Lacemaker is a small, intimate 17th-century genre painting by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer depicting a young woman absorbed in the delicate craft of lace-making.
-
C.
Luncheon of the Boating Party
Luncheon of the Boating Party is a celebrated Impressionist painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir depicting a lively social gathering of friends dining on a balcony overlooking the Seine.
-
D.
Mona Lisa
The Mona Lisa is Leonardo da Vinci’s iconic Renaissance portrait, renowned worldwide for its enigmatic smile and artistic mastery.
-
E.
Café Terrace at Night
Café Terrace at Night is a famous 1888 oil painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting a brightly lit outdoor café scene under a starry night sky in Arles, France.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
iconic artwork
ⓘ
oil painting ⓘ painting ⓘ portrait painting ⓘ |
| alternativeTitle |
Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1
ⓘ
surface form:
Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1: Portrait of the Artist's Mother
|
| artHistoricalSignificance | masterpiece of American-influenced portraiture ⓘ |
| artist | James McNeill Whistler ⓘ |
| city | Paris ⓘ |
| collection |
Musée d'Orsay
ⓘ
surface form:
Musée d'Orsay collection
|
| completionDate | 1871 ⓘ |
| compositionFeature | strictly ordered geometric arrangement ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | James McNeill Whistler ⓘ |
| culturalStatus | icon of American art ⓘ |
| currentCountry | France ⓘ |
| depicts |
Anna McNeill Whistler
ⓘ
seated elderly woman in profile ⓘ |
| dimensions | approximately 144.3 cm × 162.4 cm ⓘ |
| dominantColors |
black
ⓘ
grey ⓘ muted tones ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt |
Louvre Museum
ⓘ
Musée d'Orsay ⓘ Musée du Luxembourg ⓘ |
| genre | portrait ⓘ |
| hasBeenUsedAs |
symbol of American values
ⓘ
symbol of motherhood ⓘ |
| height | approximately 144.3 cm ⓘ |
| inception | 1871 ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
American art
ⓘ
Realism ⓘ |
| inPopularCulture |
featured on postage stamps
ⓘ
frequently reproduced and parodied ⓘ referenced in films and literature ⓘ |
| location | Musée d'Orsay ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
canvas
ⓘ
oil paint ⓘ |
| medium | oil on canvas ⓘ |
| movement | Aestheticism ⓘ |
| museumAccession | acquired by French state in early 20th century ⓘ |
| nickname | American Mona Lisa ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
emphasis on tonal harmony over narrative
ⓘ
profile view of sitter facing left ⓘ |
| setting | interior room with framed print on wall ⓘ |
| subjectRelationshipToArtist | artist's mother ⓘ |
| title | Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 ⓘ |
| width | approximately 162.4 cm ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Whistler's Mother Description of subject: Whistler's Mother is an iconic 1871 oil painting by James McNeill Whistler, renowned as a masterpiece of American-influenced portraiture and often likened to the American "Mona Lisa."
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Whistler’s Mother
this entity surface form:
Whistler’s Mother
this entity surface form:
Whistler’s mother