# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gaspar-van-wittel
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:39:22.434Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gaspar-van-wittel"
name: "Gaspar van Wittel"
slug: "gaspar-van-wittel"
description: "Caspar van Wittel or Gaspar van Wittel, known in Italian as Gaspare Vanvitelli or Gasparo degli Occhiali, was a Dutch painter and draughtsman who had a long career in Rome, Papal States. He played a pivotal role in the development of the genre of topographical painting known as veduta. He is credited with turning topography into a painterly specialism in Italian art."
tagline: "Landscape painter (1653-1736)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Caspar_van_Wittel.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1653"
deathDate: "1736-09-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.06
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.78452533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Caspar van Wittel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%84"
    title: "جاسبار فان ويتل"
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    title: "Gaspar van Wittel"
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  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspar_van_Wittel"
    title: "Gaspar van Wittel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspar_van_Wittel"
    title: "Gaspar van Wittel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Κασπάρ φαν Βίττελ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspar_van_Wittel"
    title: "Caspar van Wittel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspar_van_Wittel"
    title: "Gaspar van Wittel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspar_van_Wittel"
    title: "Caspar van Wittel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspar_van_Wittel"
    title: "Caspar van Wittel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ガスパール・ファン・ウィッテル"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspar_van_Wittel"
    title: "Caspar van Wittel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspar_van_Wittel"
    title: "Gaspar van Wittel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspar_van_Wittel"
    title: "Caspar van Wittel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%2C_%D0%93%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80_%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Виттель, Гаспар ван"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspar_van_Wittel"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80_%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%92%D1%96%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump