# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marcus-gheeraerts-the-elder
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:55:54.529Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marcus-gheeraerts-the-elder"
name: "Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder"
slug: "marcus-gheeraerts-the-elder"
description: "Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder, Marc Gerard and Marcus Garret was a Flemish painter, draughtsman, print designer and etcher who was active in his native Flanders and in England. He practised in many genres, including portraits, religious paintings, landscapes and architectural themes. He designed heraldic designs and decorations for tombs. He is known for his creation of a print depicting a map of his native town Bruges and the illustrations for a Dutch-language publication recounting stories from Aesop's Fables. His attention to naturalistic detail and his practice of drawing animals from life for his prints had an important influence on European book illustration. His son Marcus the Younger became a prominent court painter at the English court."
tagline: "Flemish printmaker, painter and draughtsman"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Elizabeth_I_of_England_Marcus_Gheeraerts_the_Elder.jpg/330px-Elizabeth_I_of_England_Marcus_Gheeraerts_the_Elder.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1520"
deathDate: "1590"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.19
  momentum:             1.025
  historical:           12.28254266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vls.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Gerards"
    title: "Marcus Gerards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A8%D8%B1"
    title: "ماركوس جيريرتس الاكبر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Gheeraerts_an_Hena%C3%B1"
    title: "Marcus Gheeraerts an Henañ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Gheeraerts"
    title: "Marcus Gheeraerts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Gheeraerts_den_%C3%86ldre"
    title: "Marcus Gheeraerts den Ældre"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Gerards_der_%C3%84ltere"
    title: "Marcus Gerards der Ältere"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%AC%CF%81%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%82_%CE%93%CE%BA%CE%AD%CE%B9%CF%81%CE%B5%CF%81%CF%84%CF%82_%CE%BF_%CF%80%CF%81%CE%B5%CF%83%CE%B2%CF%8D%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82"
    title: "Μάρκους Γκέιρερτς ο πρεσβύτερος"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Gheeraerts_the_Elder"
    title: "Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Gheeraerts_el_Viejo"
    title: "Marcus Gheeraerts el Viejo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Gheeraerts_l'Ancien"
    title: "Marcus Gheeraerts l'Ancien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Gheeraerts_the_Elder"
    title: "Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%98%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%83%AB%E3%83%84_(%E7%88%B6)"
    title: "マルクス・ヘーラルツ (父)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Gerards"
    title: "Marcus Gerards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Gheeraerts%2C_o_Velho"
    title: "Marcus Gheeraerts, o Velho"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D1%81%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%81_(%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%B9)"
    title: "Герардс, Маркус (старший)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q132078"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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