Portrait of Margareta van Eyck
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"Portrait of Margareta van Eyck" is a 1439 oil painting by Early Netherlandish master Jan van Eyck, notable as an intimate and detailed likeness of his wife and one of the earliest known independent portraits of a painter’s spouse.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Portrait of Margareta van Eyck canonical | 2 |
| Portrait of Margaret van Eyck | 1 |
| Portrait of Margareta van Eyck by Jan van Eyck | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9737339 — 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: Portrait of Margareta van Eyck Context triple: [Margareta van Eyck, depictedIn, Portrait of Margareta van Eyck]
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Portrait of Hendrickje Stoffels
Portrait of Hendrickje Stoffels is a 17th-century painting by Rembrandt depicting his companion and model Hendrickje Stoffels in an intimate, character-rich study.
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Portrait of the Duke of Burgundy
Portrait of the Duke of Burgundy is a Baroque-era court painting by French artist Hyacinthe Rigaud, renowned for its grand, formal depiction of French aristocracy.
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Portrait of a Lady (Cornelis de Vos)
Portrait of a Lady (Cornelis de Vos) is a 17th-century Flemish portrait painting that exemplifies de Vos’s refined depiction of aristocratic women through detailed costume, dignified pose, and subtle characterization.
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Margareta van Eyck
Margareta van Eyck was the wife of Early Netherlandish painter Jan van Eyck, known primarily through her depiction in his famous 1439 portrait.
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Portrait of Jacob Cats
Portrait of Jacob Cats is a 17th-century Dutch painting depicting the prominent poet and statesman Jacob Cats, created in the refined, realistic style characteristic of Michiel van Mierevelt’s portraiture.
- 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: Portrait of Margareta van Eyck Target entity description: "Portrait of Margareta van Eyck" is a 1439 oil painting by Early Netherlandish master Jan van Eyck, notable as an intimate and detailed likeness of his wife and one of the earliest known independent portraits of a painter’s spouse.
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A.
Portrait of Hendrickje Stoffels
Portrait of Hendrickje Stoffels is a 17th-century painting by Rembrandt depicting his companion and model Hendrickje Stoffels in an intimate, character-rich study.
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B.
Portrait of the Duke of Burgundy
Portrait of the Duke of Burgundy is a Baroque-era court painting by French artist Hyacinthe Rigaud, renowned for its grand, formal depiction of French aristocracy.
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C.
Portrait of a Lady (Cornelis de Vos)
Portrait of a Lady (Cornelis de Vos) is a 17th-century Flemish portrait painting that exemplifies de Vos’s refined depiction of aristocratic women through detailed costume, dignified pose, and subtle characterization.
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D.
Margareta van Eyck
Margareta van Eyck was the wife of Early Netherlandish painter Jan van Eyck, known primarily through her depiction in his famous 1439 portrait.
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E.
Portrait of Jacob Cats
Portrait of Jacob Cats is a 17th-century Dutch painting depicting the prominent poet and statesman Jacob Cats, created in the refined, realistic style characteristic of Michiel van Mierevelt’s portraiture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
oil painting
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painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance |
early example of secular individual portraiture in Northern Europe
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important document of domestic and marital representation in 15th-century Netherlandish art ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Netherlands ⓘ |
| creator | Jan van Eyck ⓘ |
| depicts | Margareta van Eyck ⓘ |
| depictsPerson | artist’s wife ⓘ |
| depictsSex | female ⓘ |
| genre | portrait painting ⓘ |
| hasColorPalette |
deep greens
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earth tones ⓘ rich reds ⓘ |
| hasQuality |
detailed rendering of facial features
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meticulous depiction of headdress and costume ⓘ three-quarter view ⓘ |
| hasStyle | realism ⓘ |
| inception | 1439 ⓘ |
| inscriptionContains |
1439
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ALS IXH XAN (As I can) ⓘ |
| medium | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement |
Early Netherlandish painting
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linked to:
Flemish Primitives art
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| notableFor |
being one of the earliest known independent portraits of a painter’s spouse
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intimate and detailed likeness of the artist’s wife ⓘ |
| partOf | Northern Renaissance art ⓘ |
| support | panel ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Portrait of Margareta van Eyck Description of subject: "Portrait of Margareta van Eyck" is a 1439 oil painting by Early Netherlandish master Jan van Eyck, notable as an intimate and detailed likeness of his wife and one of the earliest known independent portraits of a painter’s spouse.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Groeningemuseum, Bruges
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notableWorkInCollection
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Portrait of Margareta van Eyck by Jan van Eyck
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linked to: Portrait of Margareta van Eyck
linked to: Portrait of Margareta van Eyck