# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gilles-demarteau
# Generated: 2026-08-15T14:59:51.049Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gilles-demarteau"
name: "Gilles Demarteau"
slug: "gilles-demarteau"
description: "Gilles Demarteau or Gilles Demarteau the Elder was an etcher, engraver and publisher who was active in Paris for his entire career. He is one of the persons to whom has been attributed the invention of the crayon manner of engraving. He is recognized as playing an important role in the development of this engraving technique. He was one of the key reproductive engravers and publishers of the work of François Boucher."
tagline: "Etcher, engraver and publisher (1722–1776)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portret_van_Gilles_Demarteau%2C_RP-P-OB-74.618_(recadr%C3%A9).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1722-01-19"
deathDate: "1776-07-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.38
  momentum:             4.475106685633
  historical:           5.007128
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_Demarteau"
    title: "Gilles Demarteau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_Demarteau"
    title: "Gilles Demarteau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_Demarteau"
    title: "Gilles Demarteau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_Demarteau"
    title: "Gilles Demarteau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BE%2C_%D0%96%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Демарто, Жиль"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1289866"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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