# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/matthaus-merian-q57968
# Generated: 2026-09-07T21:11:30.633Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/matthaus-merian-q57968"
name: "Matthäus Merian"
slug: "matthaus-merian-q57968"
description: "Matthäus Merian der Ältere was a Swiss-born engraver who worked in Frankfurt, Germany for most of his career, where he also ran a publishing house. He was a member of the patrician Basel Merian family."
tagline: "Swiss-born engraver, publisher (1593–1650)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MatthaeusMerian.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "CH"
category:
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birthDate: "1593-09-22"
deathDate: "1650-06-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0.1662133575098217
  historical:           21.321104
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump