Saint Jerome Writing
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"Saint Jerome Writing" is a renowned Baroque painting by Caravaggio depicting the scholarly saint engaged in translating the Bible.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Saint Jerome Writing canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10731294 — 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: Saint Jerome Writing Context triple: [St. John’s Co-Cathedral, notableWorkContained, Saint Jerome Writing]
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A.
Saint Jerome in His Study
Saint Jerome in His Study is a renowned 1514 engraving by Albrecht Dürer depicting the scholar-saint immersed in contemplation within a meticulously detailed interior.
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B.
Vision of Saint Jerome
Vision of Saint Jerome is a Mannerist religious painting by Parmigianino, notable for its elongated figures, refined elegance, and complex composition depicting the mystical vision of Saint Jerome.
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C.
Saint Jerome and a Donor
Saint Jerome and a Donor is a Renaissance painting by Piero della Francesca depicting the scholarly saint alongside a kneeling patron in a serene, geometrically ordered setting.
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D.
Relics of Saint Jerome
The Relics of Saint Jerome are venerated remains of the influential 4th–5th century Christian priest, theologian, and biblical scholar best known for translating the Bible into Latin (the Vulgate).
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E.
Saint Jerome in Penitence
"Saint Jerome in Penitence" is a religious painting by French Baroque artist Jean Restout the Younger depicting the Church Father Saint Jerome engaged in ascetic devotion and repentance.
- 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: Saint Jerome Writing Target entity description: "Saint Jerome Writing" is a renowned Baroque painting by Caravaggio depicting the scholarly saint engaged in translating the Bible.
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A.
Saint Jerome in His Study
Saint Jerome in His Study is a renowned 1514 engraving by Albrecht Dürer depicting the scholar-saint immersed in contemplation within a meticulously detailed interior.
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B.
Vision of Saint Jerome
Vision of Saint Jerome is a Mannerist religious painting by Parmigianino, notable for its elongated figures, refined elegance, and complex composition depicting the mystical vision of Saint Jerome.
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C.
Saint Jerome and a Donor
Saint Jerome and a Donor is a Renaissance painting by Piero della Francesca depicting the scholarly saint alongside a kneeling patron in a serene, geometrically ordered setting.
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D.
Relics of Saint Jerome
The Relics of Saint Jerome are venerated remains of the influential 4th–5th century Christian priest, theologian, and biblical scholar best known for translating the Bible into Latin (the Vulgate).
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E.
Saint Jerome in Penitence
"Saint Jerome in Penitence" is a religious painting by French Baroque artist Jean Restout the Younger depicting the Church Father Saint Jerome engaged in ascetic devotion and repentance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Baroque painting
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painting ⓘ |
| approximateDate | c. 1605–1606 ⓘ |
| artForm | oil painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance |
important example of Caravaggio’s religious works
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noted for psychological intensity ⓘ |
| artist | Caravaggio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorPalette | predominantly red and brown tones ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| creator | Caravaggio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Counter-Reformation art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts | Saint Jerome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictsActivity | Bible translation ⓘ |
| depictsFigureAttribute |
bald head
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long beard ⓘ |
| depictsFigureType | elderly man ⓘ |
| depictsObject |
book
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inkwell ⓘ quill pen ⓘ red cloth ⓘ skull ⓘ table ⓘ |
| genre | religious painting ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
chiaroscuro
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tenebrism ⓘ |
| iconographicTheme |
Doctor of the Church
NERFINISHED
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Saint Jerome as scholar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Italian ⓘ |
| lighting | dramatic single light source ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Saint Jerome translating the Bible NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement |
Baroque
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Italian Baroque ⓘ |
| period | early 17th century ⓘ |
| portrayal | Saint Jerome as a solitary scholar ⓘ |
| portrays | Saint Jerome of Stridon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| subjectOccupation |
biblical scholar
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theologian ⓘ |
| subjectRole |
Doctor of the Church
NERFINISHED
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translator of the Vulgate ⓘ |
| theme |
asceticism
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contemplation of mortality ⓘ scholarship and devotion ⓘ |
| titleInEnglish | Saint Jerome Writing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleInItalian | San Girolamo scrivente NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesTechnique | oil on canvas ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Saint Jerome Writing Description of subject: "Saint Jerome Writing" is a renowned Baroque painting by Caravaggio depicting the scholarly saint engaged in translating the Bible.
Referenced by (1)
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