# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-solly
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:50:56.973Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-solly"
name: "Edward Solly"
slug: "edward-solly"
description: "Edward Solly was an English merchant living in Berlin, who amassed an unprecedented collection of Italian Trecento and Quattrocento paintings and outstanding examples of Early Netherlandish painting, at a time when those schools were still largely unappreciated. In 1821, following negotiations by his associate Benjamin Wegner, Solly sold his collection of about 3000 works to the Prussian king; 677 of them formed a core of the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin. Solly acquired a second collection during his years in London after 1821. Solly is also credited for having undertaken a \nperilous journey to deliver the first news of Napoleon's defeat at the Battle of Leipzig to the English."
tagline: "British merchant and art collector (1776-1844)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edward_Solly_(cropped).JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1776-04-25"
deathDate: "1844-12-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.67
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.474010666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Solly"
    title: "Edward Solly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "ادوارد سولى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Solly"
    title: "Edward Solly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Solly"
    title: "Edward Solly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Solly"
    title: "Edward Solly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Solly"
    title: "Edward Solly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1293689"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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