# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edme-francois-gersaint
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:58:57.112Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edme-francois-gersaint"
name: "Edme-François Gersaint"
slug: "edme-francois-gersaint"
description: "Edmé-François Gersaint (1694–1750) was a Parisian marchand-mercier (merchant) who specialised in the sale of works of art and luxury goods and who is noted for revolutionising the art market by preparing, for the first time, detailed catalogs with descriptions of the work and biographies of the artist."
tagline: "French businessman"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gersaint.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1694"
deathDate: "1750-03-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.1
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.806804
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%85_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ادم فرانسوا جيرسين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edme-Fran%C3%A7ois_Gersaint"
    title: "Edme-François Gersaint"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edme-Fran%C3%A7ois_Gersaint"
    title: "Edme-François Gersaint"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edme-Fran%C3%A7ois_Gersaint"
    title: "Edme-François Gersaint"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edme-Fran%C3%A7ois_Gersaint"
    title: "Edme-François Gersaint"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5338801"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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