The Soldier (plate)
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The Soldier (plate) is a woodcut from Hans Holbein the Younger's "Dance of Death" series, depicting Death confronting a military figure to illustrate the inevitability of mortality.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Soldier (plate) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10221887 — 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 Soldier (plate) Context triple: [Dance of Death woodcuts, hasPart, The Soldier (plate)]
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A.
the Soldier
The Soldier is a secondary figure in Franz Kafka’s short story "In the Penal Colony," representing the unquestioning enforcer of a brutal and dehumanizing execution apparatus.
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B.
The Soldier
The Soldier is a famous World War I sonnet by English poet Rupert Brooke that idealistically reflects on patriotism, sacrifice, and the notion of an English soldier’s death abroad.
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C.
The Soldier
"The Soldier" is an ancient Greek comedy by the playwright Diphilus, likely centered on the humorous exploits and character of a military figure.
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D.
Soldier
"Soldier" is a pop-rock song by American singer-songwriter Gavin DeGraw, known for its heartfelt lyrics and soulful vocal delivery.
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E.
Soldier
"Soldier" is a politically charged neo-soul/hip-hop track by Erykah Badu from her album *New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)*, addressing themes of social struggle and resistance.
- 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 Soldier (plate) Target entity description: The Soldier (plate) is a woodcut from Hans Holbein the Younger's "Dance of Death" series, depicting Death confronting a military figure to illustrate the inevitability of mortality.
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A.
the Soldier
The Soldier is a secondary figure in Franz Kafka’s short story "In the Penal Colony," representing the unquestioning enforcer of a brutal and dehumanizing execution apparatus.
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B.
The Soldier
The Soldier is a famous World War I sonnet by English poet Rupert Brooke that idealistically reflects on patriotism, sacrifice, and the notion of an English soldier’s death abroad.
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C.
The Soldier
"The Soldier" is an ancient Greek comedy by the playwright Diphilus, likely centered on the humorous exploits and character of a military figure.
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D.
Soldier
"Soldier" is a pop-rock song by American singer-songwriter Gavin DeGraw, known for its heartfelt lyrics and soulful vocal delivery.
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E.
Soldier
"Soldier" is a politically charged neo-soul/hip-hop track by Erykah Badu from her album *New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)*, addressing themes of social struggle and resistance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artwork
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woodcut print ⓘ |
| approximateDateOfDesign | c. 1523–1526 ⓘ |
| artisticTechnique | relief printing ⓘ |
| artMovement | Northern Renaissance ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Christian moral teaching ⓘ |
| basedOnMotif |
Danse Macabre
ⓘ
linked to:
Danse macabre
|
| collectionType | print series ⓘ |
| color | black-and-white ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Germany
ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ |
| creator | Hans Holbein the Younger ⓘ |
| dateOfFirstPublication | 1538 ⓘ |
| depicts |
Death
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military figure ⓘ soldier ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn |
Dance of Death (Lyon, 1538)
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linked to:
Dance of Death woodcuts
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| genre | memento mori ⓘ |
| hasAuthorOfDesign | Hans Holbein the Younger ⓘ |
| hasBlockCutter | Hans Lützelburger ⓘ |
| hasSeriesNumber | plate in the Dance of Death sequence ⓘ |
| hasSubjectHeading |
death in art
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military life in art ⓘ soldiers in art ⓘ |
| hasTitleInEnglish | The Soldier ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Reformation era Europe ⓘ |
| iconographicTradition | Dance of Death iconography ⓘ |
| influenced | later Dance of Death imagery ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | literate lay public ⓘ |
| intendedFunction | didactic image ⓘ |
| medium | woodcut ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | moral allegory ⓘ |
| originalLanguageOfAccompanyingText |
German
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
Dance of Death
ⓘ
linked to:
The Dance of Death
|
| printingProcess | letterpress with woodcut illustration ⓘ |
| publicationMedium | illustrated book ⓘ |
| repositoryType | museum print collections ⓘ |
| showsContrastBetween | worldly power and death ⓘ |
| support | paper ⓘ |
| theme |
inevitability of death
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mortality ⓘ vanitas ⓘ |
| visualMotif | armed man confronted by skeleton ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Soldier (plate) Description of subject: The Soldier (plate) is a woodcut from Hans Holbein the Younger's "Dance of Death" series, depicting Death confronting a military figure to illustrate the inevitability of mortality.
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