Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone
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Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone, better known as Masaccio, was an influential early Italian Renaissance painter renowned for his pioneering use of perspective and naturalism.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10541200 — 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: Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone Context triple: [Masaccio, birthName, Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone]
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Giovanni di Simone
Giovanni di Simone was a 13th-century Italian architect best known for his work on major religious and civic buildings in Pisa, including contributions to the city’s monumental cemetery complex.
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B.
Giovanni da Cascia
Giovanni da Cascia was a 14th-century Italian composer of the Trecento period, known for his early contributions to the development of Italian secular polyphonic music.
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C.
Taddeo Taddei
Taddeo Taddei was a prominent early 16th-century Florentine humanist and patron of the arts, known for his close association with Michelangelo and other Renaissance artists.
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D.
Guido di Pietro
Guido di Pietro, better known as Fra Angelico, was an early Italian Renaissance painter and Dominican friar renowned for his devoutly spiritual frescoes and altarpieces.
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E.
Tommaso di Sarzana
Tommaso di Sarzana, better known as Pope Nicholas V, was a 15th-century pope renowned for initiating the Renaissance papacy and significantly promoting humanist scholarship and the rebuilding of Rome.
- 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: Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone Target entity description: Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone, better known as Masaccio, was an influential early Italian Renaissance painter renowned for his pioneering use of perspective and naturalism.
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A.
Giovanni di Simone
Giovanni di Simone was a 13th-century Italian architect best known for his work on major religious and civic buildings in Pisa, including contributions to the city’s monumental cemetery complex.
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B.
Giovanni da Cascia
Giovanni da Cascia was a 14th-century Italian composer of the Trecento period, known for his early contributions to the development of Italian secular polyphonic music.
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C.
Taddeo Taddei
Taddeo Taddei was a prominent early 16th-century Florentine humanist and patron of the arts, known for his close association with Michelangelo and other Renaissance artists.
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D.
Guido di Pietro
Guido di Pietro, better known as Fra Angelico, was an early Italian Renaissance painter and Dominican friar renowned for his devoutly spiritual frescoes and altarpieces.
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E.
Tommaso di Sarzana
Tommaso di Sarzana, better known as Pope Nicholas V, was a 15th-century pope renowned for initiating the Renaissance papacy and significantly promoting humanist scholarship and the rebuilding of Rome.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Early Renaissance artist
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Italian painter ⓘ Renaissance painter ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1428 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | c. 1422 ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Masaccio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Republic of Florence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1401-12-21 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1428 ⓘ |
| employer | Felice Brancacci NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Italian ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | painting ⓘ |
| genre |
fresco
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religious painting ⓘ |
| givenName | Tommaso NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Filippo Lippi
NERFINISHED
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Florentine Renaissance painters NERFINISHED ⓘ Michelangelo NERFINISHED ⓘ Piero della Francesca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Brunelleschi
NERFINISHED
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Donatello NERFINISHED ⓘ Giotto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement |
Early Renaissance
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Italian Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| notableFor |
innovative use of light and shadow (chiaroscuro)
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monumental, sculptural treatment of the human body ⓘ naturalistic representation of figures ⓘ pioneering use of linear perspective in painting ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Adoration of the Magi (lost or fragmentary works associated)
NERFINISHED
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Baptism of the Neophytes NERFINISHED ⓘ Brancacci Chapel frescoes NERFINISHED ⓘ Crucifixion (Pisa Polyptych) NERFINISHED ⓘ Distribution of Alms and Death of Ananias NERFINISHED ⓘ Expulsion from the Garden of Eden NERFINISHED ⓘ Madonna and Child with Angels (Uffizi) NERFINISHED ⓘ Raising of the Son of Theophilus NERFINISHED ⓘ San Giovenale Triptych NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Peter Healing the Sick with His Shadow NERFINISHED ⓘ The Holy Trinity (Santa Maria Novella) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Tribute Money NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Republic of Florence
NERFINISHED
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San Giovanni Valdarno NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Rome ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholicism
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Florence
NERFINISHED
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Rome ⓘ |
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Subject: Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone Description of subject: Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone, better known as Masaccio, was an influential early Italian Renaissance painter renowned for his pioneering use of perspective and naturalism.
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