The Light of the World

William Holman Hunt painting completed in 1853
VisualArtwork painting Q1757920
The Light of the World
William Holman Hunt · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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The Light of the World

Summary

The Light of the World is a painting[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of painting entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (451 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Light of the World is the creator of William Holman Hunt[3].
  • The Light of the World's image is recorded as Hunt, William Homan - The Light of the World - 1853-54.jpg[4].
  • The Light of the World's instance of is recorded as painting[5].
  • The Light of the World's movement is recorded as Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood[6].
  • The Light of the World's genre is recorded as religious art[7].
  • The Light of the World's depicts is recorded as Jesus Christ[8].
  • The Light of the World's depicts is recorded as man[9].
  • The Light of the World's depicts is recorded as lantern[10].
  • The Light of the World's depicts is recorded as door[11].
  • The Light of the World's depicts is recorded as Crown of thorns[12].
  • The Light of the World's made from material is recorded as oil paint[13].
  • The Light of the World's made from material is recorded as canvas[14].
  • The Light of the World's collection is recorded as Keble College[15].
  • The Light of the World's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 176322245[16].
  • The Light of the World's inventory number is recorded as PCF24[17].
  • The Light of the World's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n98096715[18].
  • The Light of the World's location is recorded as Keble College[19].
  • The Light of the World's Commons category is recorded as The Light of the World (painting) by William Holman Hunt[20].
  • +1853-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of The Light of the World[21].
  • The Light of the World's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0d5sjb[22].
  • The Light of the World's described at URL is recorded as https://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/h/hunt/thelight.html[23].
  • The Light of the World's depicts Iconclass notation is recorded as 73C7471[24].
  • The Light of the World's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/The-Light-of-the-World-painting-by-Hunt[25].
  • The Light of the World's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Light of the World'}[26].
  • The Light of the World's Art UK artwork ID is recorded as the-light-of-the-world-222190[27].

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Works and Contributions

The Light of the World is the creator of William Holman Hunt[3].

Why It Matters

The Light of the World ranks in the top 2% of painting entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (451 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . Art UK website. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . Art UK website. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Art UK website. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Library of Congress. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Art UK website. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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