# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cornelis-van-der-geest
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:09:33.508Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cornelis-van-der-geest"
name: "Cornelis van der Geest"
slug: "cornelis-van-der-geest"
description: "Cornelis van der Geest was a spice merchant from Antwerp who used his wealth to support the Antwerp artists and to establish his art collection. He was also the dean of the haberdashers' guild."
tagline: "Spice merchant from Antwerp and patron of the arts"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anthonis_van_Dyck_025.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1577"
deathDate: "1638-03-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.44
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.010188
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelis_van_der_Geest"
    title: "Cornelis van der Geest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn%C3%A9lius_van_der_Geest"
    title: "Cornélius van der Geest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelis_van_der_Geest"
    title: "Cornelis van der Geest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelis_van_der_Geest"
    title: "Cornelis van der Geest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%2C_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Гест, Корнелис ван дер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5171269"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump