Ernest Meissonier
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Ernest Meissonier was a 19th-century French painter renowned for his meticulously detailed historical and military scenes, particularly those depicting Napoleon and his campaigns.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ernest Meissonier canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7908323 — 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: Ernest Meissonier Context triple: [Napoleon on the Battlefield of Friedland, creator, Ernest Meissonier]
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A.
Henri Gauthier
Henri Gauthier was a French Egyptologist known for his archaeological surveys and studies of ancient Egyptian sites and inscriptions.
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B.
Jean-Léon Gérôme
Jean-Léon Gérôme was a 19th-century French academic painter and sculptor known for his highly detailed historical, Orientalist, and mythological scenes.
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C.
Georges d’Anthès
Georges d’Anthès was a French officer in the Russian Imperial service best known for fatally wounding the poet Alexander Pushkin in a duel.
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D.
Hippolyte Flandrin
Hippolyte Flandrin was a 19th-century French painter known for his religious murals and portraits, and as a prominent student of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres.
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E.
Honoré Daumet
Honoré Daumet was a prominent 19th-century French architect known for his work on major public buildings and contributions to the Beaux-Arts architectural tradition.
- 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: Ernest Meissonier Target entity description: Ernest Meissonier was a 19th-century French painter renowned for his meticulously detailed historical and military scenes, particularly those depicting Napoleon and his campaigns.
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A.
Henri Gauthier
Henri Gauthier was a French Egyptologist known for his archaeological surveys and studies of ancient Egyptian sites and inscriptions.
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B.
Jean-Léon Gérôme
Jean-Léon Gérôme was a 19th-century French academic painter and sculptor known for his highly detailed historical, Orientalist, and mythological scenes.
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C.
Georges d’Anthès
Georges d’Anthès was a French officer in the Russian Imperial service best known for fatally wounding the poet Alexander Pushkin in a duel.
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D.
Hippolyte Flandrin
Hippolyte Flandrin was a 19th-century French painter known for his religious murals and portraits, and as a prominent student of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres.
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E.
Honoré Daumet
Honoré Daumet was a prominent 19th-century French architect known for his work on major public buildings and contributions to the Beaux-Arts architectural tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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military painter ⓘ painter ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Grand Croix de la Légion d'honneur
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surface form:
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
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| birthName | Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1815-02-21 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1891-01-31 ⓘ |
| familyName | Meissonier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
genre painting
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historical painting ⓘ military painting ⓘ |
| givenName | Jean-Louis-Ernest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWorkInCollection |
Louvre Museum
NERFINISHED
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Metropolitan Museum of Art NERFINISHED ⓘ Musée d'Orsay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | French academic painters ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Dutch Golden Age painting NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| memberOf | Académie des Beaux-Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement |
Academic art
NERFINISHED
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Realism ⓘ |
| name | Ernest Meissonier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| notableFor |
historical scenes
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meticulously detailed small-scale paintings ⓘ military scenes ⓘ paintings of Napoleon ⓘ |
| notableWork |
1807, Friedland
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1814, The Campaign of France NERFINISHED ⓘ Napoleon III at the Battle of Solferino NERFINISHED ⓘ The Chess Players NERFINISHED ⓘ The Emperor Napoleon III at Solferino NERFINISHED ⓘ The Reader NERFINISHED ⓘ The Smoker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
illustrator
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painter ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Paris Salon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| periodOfActivity | 19th century ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
France
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Lyon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
France
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Paris ⓘ |
| positionHeld | president of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| studiedUnder | Léon Cogniet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| trainedAt | École des Beaux-Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Paris
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Poissy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ernest Meissonier Description of subject: Ernest Meissonier was a 19th-century French painter renowned for his meticulously detailed historical and military scenes, particularly those depicting Napoleon and his campaigns.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
painting "Napoleon on the Battlefield of Friedland" by Ernest Meissonier
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creator
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Ernest Meissonier
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subject surface form:
Napoleon on the Battlefield of Friedland