La Barque de Dante
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La Barque de Dante is a famous 1822 Romantic oil painting by Eugène Delacroix depicting Dante and Virgil crossing the River Styx from Dante’s Inferno.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| La Barque de Dante canonical | 4 |
| The Boat of Dante | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9532232 — 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: La Barque de Dante Context triple: [The Barque of Dante, titleInOriginalLanguage, La Barque de Dante]
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A.
Dante’s Dream
Dante’s Dream is a celebrated Pre-Raphaelite painting by Dante Gabriel Rossetti depicting a visionary scene from Dante Alighieri’s Vita Nuova, rich in symbolic color and medieval romanticism.
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B.
The New Life of Dante
The New Life of Dante is Charles Eliot Norton's influential English translation and scholarly edition of Dante Alighieri’s early autobiographical work "La Vita Nuova," which helped introduce and interpret Dante to an English-speaking audience.
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C.
Dante’s View
Dante’s View is a high-elevation overlook on the eastern edge of Death Valley National Park that offers sweeping panoramic views of the valley floor and surrounding mountains.
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D.
Via Dante
Via Dante is a central street in Genoa, Italy, known for its historic buildings and its role as a major thoroughfare linking key city squares and landmarks.
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E.
The Inferno
The Inferno is the passionate and raucous student section that supports the Arizona State Sun Devils football team at their home games.
- 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: La Barque de Dante Target entity description: La Barque de Dante is a famous 1822 Romantic oil painting by Eugène Delacroix depicting Dante and Virgil crossing the River Styx from Dante’s Inferno.
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A.
Dante’s Dream
Dante’s Dream is a celebrated Pre-Raphaelite painting by Dante Gabriel Rossetti depicting a visionary scene from Dante Alighieri’s Vita Nuova, rich in symbolic color and medieval romanticism.
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B.
The New Life of Dante
The New Life of Dante is Charles Eliot Norton's influential English translation and scholarly edition of Dante Alighieri’s early autobiographical work "La Vita Nuova," which helped introduce and interpret Dante to an English-speaking audience.
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C.
Dante’s View
Dante’s View is a high-elevation overlook on the eastern edge of Death Valley National Park that offers sweeping panoramic views of the valley floor and surrounding mountains.
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D.
Via Dante
Via Dante is a central street in Genoa, Italy, known for its historic buildings and its role as a major thoroughfare linking key city squares and landmarks.
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E.
The Inferno
The Inferno is the passionate and raucous student section that supports the Arizona State Sun Devils football team at their home games.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Romantic painting
ⓘ
oil painting ⓘ painting ⓘ |
| alternativeTitle |
Dante et Virgile aux enfers
ⓘ
linked to:
Dante and Virgil in Hell
|
| artHistoricalPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Dante Alighieri’s Inferno
ⓘ
linked to:
Inferno (Divine Comedy)
Divine Comedy ⓘ Inferno ⓘ |
| city | Paris ⓘ |
| collection |
Musée du Louvre
ⓘ
linked to:
Louvre Museum
|
| completionYear | 1822 ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Eugène Delacroix ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | French ⓘ |
| depictionContext | scene from Dante’s Inferno ⓘ |
| depicts |
Dante Alighieri
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River Styx ⓘ Virgil ⓘ boat ⓘ damned souls ⓘ storm ⓘ |
| depictsCharacterRole |
Dante as pilgrim
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linked to:
Dante the pilgrim
Virgil as guide ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt | Salon of 1822 ⓘ |
| genre |
Romanticism
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history painting ⓘ literary painting ⓘ |
| hasColorCharacteristic |
dramatic contrasts of light and shadow
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vivid reds and greens ⓘ |
| inception | 1822 ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Baroque painting
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Michelangelo ⓘ Peter Paul Rubens ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | none ⓘ |
| location | Louvre Museum ⓘ |
| materialUsed | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement | Romanticism ⓘ |
| narrativeMoment |
Dante and Virgil crossing the River Styx
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linked to:
Dante and Virgil in Hell
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| originalTitle | La Barque de Dante ⓘ |
| significance |
Delacroix’s first major public success
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early masterpiece of French Romanticism ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
afterlife
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hell ⓘ mythological river ⓘ |
| support | canvas ⓘ |
| title |
Dante and Virgil in Hell
ⓘ
La Barque de Dante ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: La Barque de Dante Description of subject: La Barque de Dante is a famous 1822 Romantic oil painting by Eugène Delacroix depicting Dante and Virgil crossing the River Styx from Dante’s Inferno.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: La Barque de Dante