# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/melchior-lorck
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:29:52.709Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/melchior-lorck"
name: "Melchior Lorck"
slug: "melchior-lorck"
description: "Melchior Lorck was a Renaissance painter, draughtsman, and printmaker of Danish-German origin. He produced the most thorough visual record of the life and customs of Turkey in the 16th century that is to this day a unique source. He was also the first Danish artist of whom a substantial biography is reconstructable and a substantial body of artworks is attributable."
tagline: "Danish/German artist (1527-1583)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Melchior_Lorck.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1527"
deathDate: "1580"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.38
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.417568
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/3647264"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B1_%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%83"
    title: "ملكيور لورك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchior_Lorck"
    title: "Melchior Lorck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchior_Lorck"
    title: "Melchior Lorck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%B5%CE%BB%CF%87%CE%B9%CF%8E%CF%81_%CE%9B%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%BA"
    title: "Μελχιώρ Λορκ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchior_Lorck"
    title: "Melchior Lorck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchior_Lorck"
    title: "Melchior Lorck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchior_Lorck"
    title: "Melchior Lorck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchior_Lorck"
    title: "Melchior Lorck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchior_Lorck"
    title: "Melchior Lorck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchior_Lorck"
    title: "Melchior Lorck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BA%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%85%D0%B8%D0%BE%D1%80"
    title: "Лорк, Мельхиор"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchior_Lorck"
    title: "Melchior Lorck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%85%D1%96%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%9B%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BA"
    title: "Мельхіор Лорк"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70893"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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