Paolo di Doni
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Paolo di Doni, better known as Paolo Uccello, was a 15th-century Italian painter celebrated for his pioneering use of linear perspective in early Renaissance art.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Paolo di Doni canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10586949 — 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: Paolo di Doni Context triple: [Paolo Uccello, alsoKnownAs, Paolo di Doni]
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A.
Antonio Ghislieri
Antonio Ghislieri, later known as Pope Pius V, was a 16th-century Italian Dominican friar and reforming pope noted for implementing the decrees of the Council of Trent and excommunicating Queen Elizabeth I of England.
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B.
Bernardino Drovetti
Bernardino Drovetti was a 19th-century Italian diplomat and antiquities collector known for amassing major collections of Egyptian artifacts that were sold to European museums.
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C.
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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D.
Alessandro Striggio the Younger
Alessandro Striggio the Younger was an Italian Renaissance poet and dramatist best known for writing the libretto to Claudio Monteverdi’s pioneering opera L'Orfeo.
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E.
Girolamo Rainaldi
Girolamo Rainaldi was a prominent 17th-century Italian architect known for his contributions to Baroque church and palace design in 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: Paolo di Doni Target entity description: Paolo di Doni, better known as Paolo Uccello, was a 15th-century Italian painter celebrated for his pioneering use of linear perspective in early Renaissance art.
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A.
Antonio Ghislieri
Antonio Ghislieri, later known as Pope Pius V, was a 16th-century Italian Dominican friar and reforming pope noted for implementing the decrees of the Council of Trent and excommunicating Queen Elizabeth I of England.
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B.
Bernardino Drovetti
Bernardino Drovetti was a 19th-century Italian diplomat and antiquities collector known for amassing major collections of Egyptian artifacts that were sold to European museums.
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C.
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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D.
Alessandro Striggio the Younger
Alessandro Striggio the Younger was an Italian Renaissance poet and dramatist best known for writing the libretto to Claudio Monteverdi’s pioneering opera L'Orfeo.
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E.
Girolamo Rainaldi
Girolamo Rainaldi was a prominent 17th-century Italian architect known for his contributions to Baroque church and palace design in Rome.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Early Renaissance artist
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Italian painter ⓘ Renaissance painter ⓘ human ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Paolo Uccello
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Paolo di Dono ⓘ |
| artisticFocus |
dramatic use of perspective grids
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geometric construction of space ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 15th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Republic of Florence ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1397 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1475 ⓘ |
| employer |
Florentine Republic
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linked to:
Republic of Florence
Medici family ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Italian ⓘ |
| familyName | di Doni ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
linear perspective
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painting ⓘ |
| genre |
battle painting
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history painting ⓘ mythological painting ⓘ religious painting ⓘ |
| givenName | Paolo ⓘ |
| influenced |
Piero della Francesca
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later Renaissance perspective theorists ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Brunelleschi
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linked to:
Filippo Brunelleschi
Donatello ⓘ International Gothic ⓘ
linked to:
International Gothic style
Masaccio ⓘ |
| movement |
Early Renaissance
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Italian Renaissance ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| notableFor |
experiments with foreshortening
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innovative depiction of space ⓘ pioneering use of linear perspective in painting ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Equestrian Monument to Sir John Hawkwood (fresco in Florence Cathedral)
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Saint George and the Dragon ⓘ Scenes from the Life of Noah (Santa Maria Novella cloister frescoes) ⓘ The Battle of San Romano ⓘ The Hunt in the Forest ⓘ |
| occupation | painter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Florence ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Florence ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| style | combination of Gothic decorative detail and Renaissance perspective ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Florence
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Padua ⓘ Venice ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Paolo di Doni Description of subject: Paolo di Doni, better known as Paolo Uccello, was a 15th-century Italian painter celebrated for his pioneering use of linear perspective in early Renaissance art.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.