# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karel-van-mander-the-elder
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:15:18.435Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karel-van-mander-the-elder"
name: "Karel van Mander the Elder"
slug: "karel-van-mander-the-elder"
description: "Karel van Mander (I) or Carel van Mander I (May 1548 – 2 September 1606) was a Flemish painter, playwright, poet, art historian and art theoretician, who established himself in the Dutch Republic in the latter part of his life. He is mainly remembered as a biographer of Early Netherlandish painters and Northern Renaissance artists in his Schilder-boeck. As an artist and art theoretician he played a significant role in the spread and development of Northern Mannerism in the Dutch Republic."
tagline: "Flemish painter, poet and art historian (1548–1606)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karel-van-mander-schilderboeck.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1548"
deathDate: "1606-09-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.8181818181818181
  historical:           21.256556
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "كاريل فان ماندر"
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    title: "کارل فان ماندر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Carolus Vermanderus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_van_Mander_(I)"
    title: "Karel van Mander (I)"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump