Scorticamento di Marsia
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Scorticamento di Marsia is a late Renaissance painting by Titian depicting the mythological punishment of the satyr Marsyas, who is flayed alive by Apollo.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Scorticamento di Marsia canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10784824 — 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: Scorticamento di Marsia Context triple: [The Flaying of Marsyas, originalTitle, Scorticamento di Marsia]
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A.
Martirio
Martirio is one of Bernarda Alba’s emotionally tormented daughters in Federico García Lorca’s tragedy, embodying repressed desire, jealousy, and the suffocating effects of authoritarian family and social norms.
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B.
Lorenzaccio
Lorenzaccio is a 19th-century French Romantic drama by Alfred de Musset, renowned for its complex, brooding title character and its exploration of political corruption and moral ambiguity in Renaissance Florence.
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C.
Il rogo della Repubblica
Il rogo della Repubblica is a historical novel by Italian writer Andrea Molesini that explores themes of political upheaval, moral conflict, and the collapse of civic ideals.
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D.
De jure praedae
De jure praedae is a seminal early 17th-century legal treatise by Hugo Grotius that laid foundational principles for international law and the freedom of the seas.
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E.
Impresa di Fiume
Impresa di Fiume was the 1919–1920 nationalist occupation of the city of Fiume (now Rijeka, Croatia) by Italian irregulars led by poet-soldier Gabriele D’Annunzio, often seen as a precursor to European fascist movements.
- 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: Scorticamento di Marsia Target entity description: Scorticamento di Marsia is a late Renaissance painting by Titian depicting the mythological punishment of the satyr Marsyas, who is flayed alive by Apollo.
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A.
Martirio
Martirio is one of Bernarda Alba’s emotionally tormented daughters in Federico García Lorca’s tragedy, embodying repressed desire, jealousy, and the suffocating effects of authoritarian family and social norms.
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B.
Lorenzaccio
Lorenzaccio is a 19th-century French Romantic drama by Alfred de Musset, renowned for its complex, brooding title character and its exploration of political corruption and moral ambiguity in Renaissance Florence.
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C.
Il rogo della Repubblica
Il rogo della Repubblica is a historical novel by Italian writer Andrea Molesini that explores themes of political upheaval, moral conflict, and the collapse of civic ideals.
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D.
De jure praedae
De jure praedae is a seminal early 17th-century legal treatise by Hugo Grotius that laid foundational principles for international law and the freedom of the seas.
-
E.
Impresa di Fiume
Impresa di Fiume was the 1919–1920 nationalist occupation of the city of Fiume (now Rijeka, Croatia) by Italian irregulars led by poet-soldier Gabriele D’Annunzio, often seen as a precursor to European fascist movements.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | painting ⓘ |
| artForm | oil painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance |
example of Titian’s late style
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late work of Titian ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Greek mythology
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myth of Marsyas and Apollo ⓘ |
| colorPalette |
dark
ⓘ
earth tones ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| creator | Titian ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | Republic of Venice ⓘ |
| culture | Venetian Renaissance ⓘ |
| depicts |
Apollo
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Marsyas ⓘ assistants of Apollo ⓘ bound figure ⓘ flaying of Marsyas ⓘ hanging body of Marsyas ⓘ knife ⓘ music competition ⓘ onlookers ⓘ satyr ⓘ stringed instrument ⓘ torture ⓘ |
| genre | mythological painting ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
art and music
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divine punishment ⓘ hubris ⓘ power of the gods ⓘ suffering ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Italian ⓘ |
| mainSubject | punishment of Marsyas ⓘ |
| movement |
Late Renaissance
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Mannerism ⓘ |
| painter | Titian ⓘ |
| period | 16th century ⓘ |
| portrays |
Apollo as executioner
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Marsyas as victim ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
complex composition
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dramatic lighting ⓘ loose brushwork ⓘ |
| subjectHeading |
classical mythology in art
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mythological torture scene ⓘ |
| title |
Scorticamento di Marsia
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The Flaying of Marsyas ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Scorticamento di Marsia Description of subject: Scorticamento di Marsia is a late Renaissance painting by Titian depicting the mythological punishment of the satyr Marsyas, who is flayed alive by Apollo.
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