The Plague Victim (plate)
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The Plague Victim (plate) is a specific woodcut from the late-medieval "Dance of Death" series, depicting Death confronting a victim of the plague as an allegory of mortality and the universality of death.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Plague Victim (plate) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10221892 — 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 Plague Victim (plate) Context triple: [Dance of Death woodcuts, hasPart, The Plague Victim (plate)]
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A.
Journal for Plague Lovers
"Journal for Plague Lovers" is a critically acclaimed 2009 album by Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers, notable for using the last lyrics written by missing band member Richey Edwards.
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B.
Triumph of Death fresco cycle
The Triumph of Death fresco cycle is a renowned medieval mural series depicting the universality and inevitability of death, celebrated as one of the most striking examples of Gothic painting in Italy.
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C.
The Triumph of Death
The Triumph of Death is a haunting 16th-century painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder that depicts an apocalyptic landscape overrun by skeletal armies, symbolizing the universality and inevitability of death.
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D.
"The Plaque"
"The Plaque" is a notable track from the 1993 film score of Rudy, likely contributing to the movie’s inspirational and emotional atmosphere.
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E.
The Frieze of Life
The Frieze of Life is a thematic series of paintings by Edvard Munch that explores profound human experiences such as love, anxiety, jealousy, and death in a symbolist, emotionally charged style.
- 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 Plague Victim (plate) Target entity description: The Plague Victim (plate) is a specific woodcut from the late-medieval "Dance of Death" series, depicting Death confronting a victim of the plague as an allegory of mortality and the universality of death.
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A.
Journal for Plague Lovers
"Journal for Plague Lovers" is a critically acclaimed 2009 album by Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers, notable for using the last lyrics written by missing band member Richey Edwards.
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B.
Triumph of Death fresco cycle
The Triumph of Death fresco cycle is a renowned medieval mural series depicting the universality and inevitability of death, celebrated as one of the most striking examples of Gothic painting in Italy.
-
C.
The Triumph of Death
The Triumph of Death is a haunting 16th-century painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder that depicts an apocalyptic landscape overrun by skeletal armies, symbolizing the universality and inevitability of death.
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D.
"The Plaque"
"The Plaque" is a notable track from the 1993 film score of Rudy, likely contributing to the movie’s inspirational and emotional atmosphere.
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E.
The Frieze of Life
The Frieze of Life is a thematic series of paintings by Edvard Munch that explores profound human experiences such as love, anxiety, jealousy, and death in a symbolist, emotionally charged style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dance of Death image
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artwork ⓘ woodcut print ⓘ |
| allegoryOf |
mortality
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universality of death ⓘ |
| artForm | woodcut ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Black Death
ⓘ
plague ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Christian Europe
ⓘ
linked to:
Christendom
|
| depicts |
Death
ⓘ
confrontation between Death and a plague victim ⓘ plague victim ⓘ |
| function |
moral allegory
ⓘ
reminder of human mortality ⓘ |
| genre |
allegorical art
ⓘ
memento mori ⓘ |
| iconographicTradition |
Danse Macabre
ⓘ
linked to:
Danse macabre
|
| intendedMessage |
death spares no one
ⓘ
spiritual preparation for death ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | none (image-based work) ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
mortality
ⓘ
universality of death ⓘ |
| medium | ink on paper ⓘ |
| movement | late medieval art ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
impact of plague
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inevitability of death ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
Dance of Death
ⓘ
linked to:
The English Dance of Death
|
| period | late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| technique | relief printing ⓘ |
| visualMotif |
personification of Death
ⓘ
suffering plague victim ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Plague Victim (plate) Description of subject: The Plague Victim (plate) is a specific woodcut from the late-medieval "Dance of Death" series, depicting Death confronting a victim of the plague as an allegory of mortality and the universality of death.
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