The Duchess (plate)
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The Duchess (plate) is a specific woodcut from Hans Holbein the Younger's "Dance of Death" series, depicting a noblewoman confronted by Death as a moral allegory on mortality and social status.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Duchess (plate) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10221882 — 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 Duchess (plate) Context triple: [Dance of Death woodcuts, hasPart, The Duchess (plate)]
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A.
the Duchess
The Duchess is the tragic, independent-minded noblewoman at the center of John Webster’s Jacobean revenge tragedy "The Duchess of Malfi," whose secret marriage and defiance of her corrupt brothers lead to her downfall.
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B.
Caroline Plate
The Caroline Plate is a small tectonic plate in the western Pacific Ocean, located north of New Guinea and interacting with several surrounding plates in a complex boundary zone.
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C.
Baroness Bakewell
Baroness Bakewell is a British journalist, television presenter, and Labour Party life peer known for her influential broadcasting career and advocacy on social and cultural issues.
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D.
Duchess
Duchess was an English privateering ship of the early 18th century, notable for its circumnavigation and participation in raids against Spanish interests under the command of Woodes Rogers.
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E.
Duchess
Duchess is a spoiled, self-centered imaginary friend from the animated series "Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends," known for her loud, demanding personality and distinctive abstract appearance.
- 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 Duchess (plate) Target entity description: The Duchess (plate) is a specific woodcut from Hans Holbein the Younger's "Dance of Death" series, depicting a noblewoman confronted by Death as a moral allegory on mortality and social status.
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A.
the Duchess
The Duchess is the tragic, independent-minded noblewoman at the center of John Webster’s Jacobean revenge tragedy "The Duchess of Malfi," whose secret marriage and defiance of her corrupt brothers lead to her downfall.
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B.
Caroline Plate
The Caroline Plate is a small tectonic plate in the western Pacific Ocean, located north of New Guinea and interacting with several surrounding plates in a complex boundary zone.
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C.
Baroness Bakewell
Baroness Bakewell is a British journalist, television presenter, and Labour Party life peer known for her influential broadcasting career and advocacy on social and cultural issues.
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D.
Duchess
Duchess was an English privateering ship of the early 18th century, notable for its circumnavigation and participation in raids against Spanish interests under the command of Woodes Rogers.
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E.
Duchess
Duchess is a spoiled, self-centered imaginary friend from the animated series "Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends," known for her loud, demanding personality and distinctive abstract appearance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artwork
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print from a series ⓘ woodcut print ⓘ |
| allegoricalFigure |
Death
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Nobility ⓘ |
| artHistoricalContext | Reformation-era moral imagery ⓘ |
| artist | Hans Holbein the Younger ⓘ |
| artMovement | Northern Renaissance ⓘ |
| color | black-and-white ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Switzerland ⓘ |
| creator | Hans Holbein the Younger ⓘ |
| cycle |
Dance of Death (Holbein woodcuts)
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linked to:
Dance of Death woodcuts
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| depictionType | scene of interruption of daily life by Death ⓘ |
| depicts |
Death (personification)
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duchess ⓘ noblewoman ⓘ |
| genre |
allegorical print
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moral allegory ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 16th century ⓘ |
| iconography | skeleton as Death leading or confronting a duchess ⓘ |
| influencedBy | medieval Dance of Death tradition ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | literate lay public ⓘ |
| intendedFunction | didactic religious image ⓘ |
| languageOfInscription | Latin ⓘ |
| medium | woodcut ⓘ |
| moralCategory | contempt for worldly pomp ⓘ |
| moralFocus | vanity of worldly rank ⓘ |
| moralMessage | death comes to all ranks of society ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | confrontation between Death and a duchess ⓘ |
| partOf |
Holbein’s Dance of Death woodcut series
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linked to:
Dance of Death woodcuts
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| placeOfCreation |
Basel
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linked to:
Basel-Stadt
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| relatedWork |
The Abbess (Dance of Death plate)
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linked to:
Dance of Death woodcuts
The Noblewoman (other Dance of Death plates) ⓘ
linked to:
Dance of Death woodcuts
The Queen (Dance of Death plate) ⓘ |
| series | Dance of Death ⓘ |
| subjectHeading | Death and the noblewoman ⓘ |
| support | paper ⓘ |
| technique | relief printmaking ⓘ |
| theme |
inevitability of death
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memento mori ⓘ mortality ⓘ social status and death ⓘ |
| title | The Duchess ⓘ |
| visualContrast | luxury of noble life versus skeletal Death ⓘ |
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