# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gillis-coignet
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:45:18.946Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gillis-coignet"
name: "Gillis Coignet"
slug: "gillis-coignet"
description: "Gillis Coignet or Gillis Coignet (I), known in Italy as Giulio Cognietta (many variant spellings of the family name, including Quinet, Quinget, Cognget, Cognet, Coignet, Congnet and Quiniet) (c. 1542 – 1599) was a Flemish Renaissance painter. He painted mainly mythological, biblical and allegorical subjects, and was particularly known for his nocturnal scenes lit by candlelight or moonlight. During a decade long sojourn in Italy, he absorbed the influence of contemporary Italian artists, in particular, Titian and Tintoretto. As a Lutheran, he was forced to leave Antwerp after the Fall of Antwerp in 1585 and spent the final part of his career first in Amsterdam and then Hamburg."
tagline: "Flemish painter (1542-1599)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Gillis_Coignet_I_-_Heilige_Joris_verslaat_de_draak_-_36_-_Royal_Museum_of_Fine_Arts_Antwerp.jpg/330px-Gillis_Coignet_I_-_Heilige_Joris_verslaat_de_draak_-_36_-_Royal_Museum_of_Fine_Arts_Antwerp.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1538"
deathDate: "1599-10-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.19
  momentum:             15.59003969686034
  historical:           9.140065333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8C%D0%B5%2C_%D0%93%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Куанье, Гиллис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillis_Coignet"
    title: "Gillis Coignet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A7%CE%AF%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%B9%CF%82_%CE%9A%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%AD"
    title: "Χίλλις Κουανιέ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillis_Coignet"
    title: "Gillis Coignet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillis_Congnet"
    title: "Gillis Congnet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillis_Congnet"
    title: "Gillis Congnet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillis_Congnet"
    title: "Gillis Congnet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%92%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%AF%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A8"
    title: "ヒリス・コワニエ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillis_Coignet"
    title: "Gillis Coignet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillis_Coignet"
    title: "Gillis Coignet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1037154"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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