# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jan-swerts
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:05:39.071Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jan-swerts"
name: "Jan Swerts"
slug: "jan-swerts"
description: "Jan Swerts was a Belgian painter of historical subjects and portraits who worked on many publicly funded commissions. He played a major role in introducing German Romantic historical painting into Belgium. His fresco's using oil paint heralded a revival of a colouristic style derived from Rubens and Flemish Baroque painting combined with historical and psychological realism."
tagline: "Belgian painter (1820-1879)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jan_Swerts_1876_Mukarovsky.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1820-12-25"
deathDate: "1879-08-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.24
  momentum:             15
  historical:           8.936321333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Swerts"
    title: "Jan Swerts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Swerts"
    title: "Jan Swerts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Swerts"
    title: "Jan Swerts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Swerts"
    title: "Jan Swerts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Swerts"
    title: "Jan Swerts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Swerts"
    title: "Jan Swerts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Swerts"
    title: "Jan Swerts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9F_%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%98%D7%A1"
    title: "יאן סוורטס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Swerts"
    title: "Jan Swerts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82%D1%81%2C_%D0%AF%D0%BD"
    title: "Свертс, Ян"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q325285"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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