Tommaso di Mone Cassai
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Tommaso di Mone Cassai, better known as Masaccio, was an influential early Italian Renaissance painter whose innovative use of perspective and naturalism transformed Western art.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tommaso di Mone Cassai canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10541202 — 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 Mone Cassai Context triple: [Masaccio, alsoKnownAs, Tommaso di Mone Cassai]
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A.
Paolo Burali d’Arezzo
Paolo Burali d’Arezzo was a 16th-century Italian Theatine priest, theologian, and cardinal known for his role in the Catholic Reformation and his service as bishop in southern Italy.
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B.
Bertrando del Poggetto
Bertrando del Poggetto was a 14th-century Italian cardinal and papal legate known for his political and military involvement in the struggles between the papacy and secular powers in northern Italy.
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C.
Girolamo Bedoli
Girolamo Bedoli was an Italian Mannerist painter of the Parmesan school, known for his elegant religious and portrait works influenced by his teacher Parmigianino.
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D.
Giuseppe Salviati
Giuseppe Salviati was a 16th-century Italian Mannerist painter from Venice, known for his refined frescoes and altarpieces in prominent religious and civic buildings.
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E.
Daniele da Volterra
Daniele da Volterra was a 16th-century Italian Mannerist painter and sculptor, best known for his association with Michelangelo and for controversially adding draperies to the nude figures in the Sistine Chapel.
- 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 Mone Cassai Target entity description: Tommaso di Mone Cassai, better known as Masaccio, was an influential early Italian Renaissance painter whose innovative use of perspective and naturalism transformed Western art.
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A.
Paolo Burali d’Arezzo
Paolo Burali d’Arezzo was a 16th-century Italian Theatine priest, theologian, and cardinal known for his role in the Catholic Reformation and his service as bishop in southern Italy.
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B.
Bertrando del Poggetto
Bertrando del Poggetto was a 14th-century Italian cardinal and papal legate known for his political and military involvement in the struggles between the papacy and secular powers in northern Italy.
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C.
Girolamo Bedoli
Girolamo Bedoli was an Italian Mannerist painter of the Parmesan school, known for his elegant religious and portrait works influenced by his teacher Parmigianino.
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D.
Giuseppe Salviati
Giuseppe Salviati was a 16th-century Italian Mannerist painter from Venice, known for his refined frescoes and altarpieces in prominent religious and civic buildings.
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E.
Daniele da Volterra
Daniele da Volterra was a 16th-century Italian Mannerist painter and sculptor, best known for his association with Michelangelo and for controversially adding draperies to the nude figures in the Sistine Chapel.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Early Renaissance painter
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Italian painter ⓘ Renaissance artist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeIn | Florence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Masaccio
NERFINISHED
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Tommaso Cassai NERFINISHED ⓘ Tommaso Guidi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1401-12-21 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Republic of Florence
NERFINISHED
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San Giovanni Valdarno NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthYear | 1401 ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | unknown ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Masolino da Panicale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Republic of Florence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1428-01-01 ⓘ |
| deathYear | 1428 ⓘ |
| era | Quattrocento ⓘ |
| familyName | Cassai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| field | painting ⓘ |
| genre | religious painting ⓘ |
| givenName | Tommaso NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Florentine Renaissance painters
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Leonardo da Vinci NERFINISHED ⓘ Michelangelo NERFINISHED ⓘ Raphael NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Brunelleschi
NERFINISHED
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Donatello NERFINISHED ⓘ Giotto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
chiaroscuro modeling of form
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innovative use of linear perspective ⓘ monumental, sculptural figures ⓘ naturalistic representation of figures ⓘ |
| movement |
Early Renaissance
NERFINISHED
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Italian Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Italian ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Brancacci Chapel frescoes
NERFINISHED
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Expulsion from the Garden of Eden NERFINISHED ⓘ Madonna and Child with Angels (Uffizi) NERFINISHED ⓘ Pisa Altarpiece NERFINISHED ⓘ San Giovenale Triptych NERFINISHED ⓘ The Holy Trinity NERFINISHED ⓘ The Tribute Money NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Rome ⓘ |
| sibling | Giovanni di Ser Giovanni (Lo Scheggia) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantEvent | helped establish systematic use of linear perspective in painting ⓘ |
| style |
illusionistic perspective
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naturalism ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Brancacci Chapel, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence
NERFINISHED
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Santa Maria Novella, Florence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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