Madonna and Child with Angels (Pisa Altarpiece central panel)
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Madonna and Child with Angels (Pisa Altarpiece central panel) is an early 15th-century Renaissance painting by Masaccio depicting the Virgin Mary enthroned with the Christ Child surrounded by angels, originally created as the central panel of the Pisa Altarpiece.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Madonna and Child with Angels (Pisa Altarpiece central panel) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10541220 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Madonna and Child with Angels (Pisa Altarpiece central panel) Context triple: [Masaccio, notableWork, Madonna and Child with Angels (Pisa Altarpiece central panel)]
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Madonna and Child with Saints (Ruspoli Altarpiece)
Madonna and Child with Saints (Ruspoli Altarpiece) is a Renaissance altarpiece by Fra Bartolomeo depicting the Virgin Mary and Christ Child enthroned among saints in a harmonious, balanced composition characteristic of the High Renaissance style.
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Madonna and Child with Two Angels
Madonna and Child with Two Angels is a celebrated 15th-century Renaissance painting by Filippo Lippi depicting the Virgin Mary and the Christ Child attended by two angels in a tender, humanized devotional scene.
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Madonna and Child with Saints (Villamagna Altarpiece)
Madonna and Child with Saints (Villamagna Altarpiece) is an early 16th-century altarpiece by Rosso Fiorentino that depicts the Virgin Mary and Christ Child enthroned among saints in a strikingly expressive Mannerist style.
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Adoration of the Shepherds (Portinari Altarpiece central panel)
Adoration of the Shepherds (Portinari Altarpiece central panel) is a renowned 15th-century Netherlandish painting depicting the Nativity with striking realism and emotional intensity, serving as the central scene of Hugo van der Goes’s famous Portinari Altarpiece.
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Madonna Enthroned
Madonna Enthroned is a landmark early 14th-century altarpiece by Giotto that marks a pivotal shift toward naturalism in Italian Renaissance painting.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Madonna and Child with Angels (Pisa Altarpiece central panel) Target entity description: Madonna and Child with Angels (Pisa Altarpiece central panel) is an early 15th-century Renaissance painting by Masaccio depicting the Virgin Mary enthroned with the Christ Child surrounded by angels, originally created as the central panel of the Pisa Altarpiece.
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A.
Madonna and Child with Saints (Ruspoli Altarpiece)
Madonna and Child with Saints (Ruspoli Altarpiece) is a Renaissance altarpiece by Fra Bartolomeo depicting the Virgin Mary and Christ Child enthroned among saints in a harmonious, balanced composition characteristic of the High Renaissance style.
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B.
Madonna and Child with Two Angels
Madonna and Child with Two Angels is a celebrated 15th-century Renaissance painting by Filippo Lippi depicting the Virgin Mary and the Christ Child attended by two angels in a tender, humanized devotional scene.
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C.
Madonna and Child with Saints (Villamagna Altarpiece)
Madonna and Child with Saints (Villamagna Altarpiece) is an early 16th-century altarpiece by Rosso Fiorentino that depicts the Virgin Mary and Christ Child enthroned among saints in a strikingly expressive Mannerist style.
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Adoration of the Shepherds (Portinari Altarpiece central panel)
Adoration of the Shepherds (Portinari Altarpiece central panel) is a renowned 15th-century Netherlandish painting depicting the Nativity with striking realism and emotional intensity, serving as the central scene of Hugo van der Goes’s famous Portinari Altarpiece.
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Madonna Enthroned
Madonna Enthroned is a landmark early 14th-century altarpiece by Giotto that marks a pivotal shift toward naturalism in Italian Renaissance painting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | painting ⓘ |
| artForm | panel painting ⓘ |
| artisticPeriod | early 15th century ⓘ |
| associatedPlace | Pisa Altarpiece high altar location ⓘ |
| associatedWithArtist | Masaccio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| creator | Masaccio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Italian Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictionType |
Marian image
ⓘ
sacra conversazione precursor ⓘ |
| depicts |
Christ Child
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Virgin Mary ⓘ angels ⓘ |
| genre |
altarpiece panel
ⓘ
religious painting ⓘ |
| hasArtisticStyle |
naturalistic modeling
ⓘ
use of light and shadow (chiaroscuro) ⓘ |
| hasIconography |
Madonna and Child enthroned
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
angelic musicians ⓘ |
| hasLiturgicalUse | altar devotion ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | early Renaissance spatial construction ⓘ |
| hasRoleInWork | central panel of Pisa Altarpiece ⓘ |
| hasWorkTitle |
Madonna and Child with Angels
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Madonna and Child with Angels (Pisa Altarpiece central panel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| iconographicTheme |
Christ Child blessing
ⓘ
Theotokos enthroned NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
emerging Renaissance naturalism
ⓘ
late Gothic altarpiece tradition ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject | enthroned Madonna and Child ⓘ |
| movement | Early Renaissance ⓘ |
| originalFunction | altarpiece central image ⓘ |
| originalLocation | Pisa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originallyCommissionedFor | a church in Pisa ⓘ |
| partOf | Pisa Altarpiece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Pisa Altarpiece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| subjectHeading |
Virgin and Child
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
angels in art ⓘ |
| usesTechnique | tempera on panel ⓘ |
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Subject: Madonna and Child with Angels (Pisa Altarpiece central panel) Description of subject: Madonna and Child with Angels (Pisa Altarpiece central panel) is an early 15th-century Renaissance painting by Masaccio depicting the Virgin Mary enthroned with the Christ Child surrounded by angels, originally created as the central panel of the Pisa Altarpiece.
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