# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gillis-backereel
# Generated: 2026-08-15T22:37:19.098Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gillis-backereel"
name: "Gillis Backereel"
slug: "gillis-backereel"
description: "Gillis Backereel was a Flemish painter of history subjects. The artist was principally active in Antwerp where he produced various compositions for the local churches as well as mythological compositions."
tagline: "Flemish painter"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Gillis_Backereel_-_Hero_mourns_the_dead_Leander.jpg/330px-Gillis_Backereel_-_Hero_mourns_the_dead_Leander.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1572"
deathDate: "1700"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           33.49
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.80162
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A7%CE%AF%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%B9%CF%82_%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%AC%CE%BA%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B5%CE%B5%CE%BB"
    title: "Χίλλις Μπάκερεελ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillis_Backereel"
    title: "Gillis Backereel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillis_Backereel"
    title: "Gillis Backereel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillis_Backereel"
    title: "Gillis Backereel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillis_Backereel"
    title: "Gillis Backereel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2930744"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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