The Seven Ages of Woman
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The Seven Ages of Woman is a Renaissance allegorical painting by Hans Baldung that depicts the stages of a woman’s life from youth to old age, reflecting themes of beauty, mortality, and the passage of time.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Die sieben Lebensalter (The Seven Ages of Man) | 1 |
| The Seven Ages of Woman canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9556224 — 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 Seven Ages of Woman Context triple: [Hans Baldung, notableWork, The Seven Ages of Woman]
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A.
The Three Ages of Woman
The Three Ages of Woman is a 1905 allegorical painting by Austrian Symbolist artist Gustav Klimt that depicts the stages of female life from childhood to old age.
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B.
Catalogue of Women
Catalogue of Women is an ancient Greek epic poem, traditionally attributed to Hesiod, that recounts the genealogies and myths of heroic women and their descendants.
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C.
The Old-Fashioned Woman
The Old-Fashioned Woman is a sociological study by Elsie Clews Parsons that critically examines traditional gender roles and the cultural expectations placed on women in early 20th-century society.
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D.
The Seven Ages
The Seven Ages is a poetry collection by Nobel Prize–winning American poet Louise Glück that reflects on memory, aging, and the passage of time through her characteristically spare, meditative style.
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E.
The Seven Ages
The Seven Ages is a section of Leonard Bernstein’s Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety," inspired by W. H. Auden’s poem and reflecting stages of human psychological and spiritual development.
- 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 Seven Ages of Woman Target entity description: The Seven Ages of Woman is a Renaissance allegorical painting by Hans Baldung that depicts the stages of a woman’s life from youth to old age, reflecting themes of beauty, mortality, and the passage of time.
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A.
The Three Ages of Woman
The Three Ages of Woman is a 1905 allegorical painting by Austrian Symbolist artist Gustav Klimt that depicts the stages of female life from childhood to old age.
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B.
Catalogue of Women
Catalogue of Women is an ancient Greek epic poem, traditionally attributed to Hesiod, that recounts the genealogies and myths of heroic women and their descendants.
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C.
The Old-Fashioned Woman
The Old-Fashioned Woman is a sociological study by Elsie Clews Parsons that critically examines traditional gender roles and the cultural expectations placed on women in early 20th-century society.
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D.
The Seven Ages
The Seven Ages is a section of Leonard Bernstein’s Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety," inspired by W. H. Auden’s poem and reflecting stages of human psychological and spiritual development.
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E.
The Seven Ages
The Seven Ages is a poetry collection by Nobel Prize–winning American poet Louise Glück that reflects on memory, aging, and the passage of time through her characteristically spare, meditative style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
allegorical painting
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painting ⓘ |
| artForm | panel painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalContext |
German Renaissance
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Northern Renaissance ⓘ |
| artist | Hans Baldung ⓘ |
| colorUsage | contrasting flesh tones and dark background ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| creator | Hans Baldung ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | German ⓘ |
| depictionType | sequential stages ⓘ |
| depicts |
adolescent girl
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adult woman ⓘ aging body ⓘ child ⓘ elderly woman ⓘ female figures at different ages ⓘ middle‑aged woman ⓘ nude female figures ⓘ youthful woman ⓘ |
| genre | allegory ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
aging
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decay ⓘ eroticism and death juxtaposition ⓘ female nude ⓘ time ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Christian moralizing imagery
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Renaissance humanism ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | educated patrons of the Renaissance ⓘ |
| intendedFunction | moral allegory ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | German ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
beauty
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mortality ⓘ old age ⓘ passage of time ⓘ stages of a woman’s life ⓘ youth ⓘ |
| movement | Renaissance ⓘ |
| partOf | Hans Baldung’s series on the ages of woman ⓘ |
| relatedTheme |
The Seven Ages of Man
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linked to:
The Seven Ages of Man (stage work)
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| relatedWork |
The Three Ages of Woman (Hans Baldung)
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linked to:
The Three Ages of Woman
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| theme |
cycle of life
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human mortality ⓘ memento mori ⓘ transience of beauty ⓘ vanitas ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Seven Ages of Woman Description of subject: The Seven Ages of Woman is a Renaissance allegorical painting by Hans Baldung that depicts the stages of a woman’s life from youth to old age, reflecting themes of beauty, mortality, and the passage of time.
Referenced by (2)
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linked to: The Seven Ages of Woman