# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frans-balthazar-solvyns
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:54:17.577Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/frans-balthazar-solvyns"
name: "Frans Balthazar Solvyns"
slug: "frans-balthazar-solvyns"
description: "Frans Balthazar Solvyns or François Balt(h)azar(d) was a Flemish marine painter, printmaker and ethnographer. While living and working in India from 1791 to 1803, he made many drawings of the manners and customs of the Indians, especially of Calcutta, which he later etched and published. He is, along with Thomas Daniell, considered one of the early pioneers in the field of print-making in India."
tagline: "Flemish marine painter, printmaker and writer (1760-1824)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fran%C3%A7ois_Balthazar_Solvyns_self-portrait.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1760-07-06"
deathDate: "1824-10-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.97
  momentum:             0
  historical:           3.938769333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%A7%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%84%DA%A4%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "بالثازار سولڤينس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans_Balthazar_Solvyns"
    title: "Frans Balthazar Solvyns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans_Balthazar_Solvyns"
    title: "Frans Balthazar Solvyns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans_Balthasar_Solvyns"
    title: "Frans Balthasar Solvyns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2682432"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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