# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-van-somer-i
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:39:33.189Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-van-somer-i"
name: "Paul van Somer I"
slug: "paul-van-somer-i"
description: "Paul van Somer, also known as Paulus van Somer, was a Flemish artist who arrived in England from Antwerp during the reign of King James I of England and became one of the leading painters of the royal court. He painted a number of portraits both of James and his consort, Queen Anne of Denmark, and of nobles such as Ludovic Stewart, 2nd Duke of Lennox, Elizabeth Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon, and Lady Anne Clifford. He is sometimes designated as \"Paul van Somer I\" to distinguish him from the engraver of the same name who was active in England between 1670 and 1694."
tagline: "Flemish painter"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Somer_Francis_Bacon.jpg/330px-Somer_Francis_Bacon.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1577"
deathDate: "1621"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.23
  momentum:             6.226415094339624
  historical:           5.676566666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_van_Somer_I"
    title: "Paul van Somer I"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_van_Somer"
    title: "Paul van Somer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%AC%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BB_%CF%86%CE%B1%CE%BD_%CE%A3%CF%8C%CE%BC%CE%B5%CF%81_%CE%99"
    title: "Πάουλ φαν Σόμερ Ι"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_van_Somer"
    title: "Paul van Somer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%9C_%D7%95%D7%90%D7%9F_%D7%96%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%A8_(%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A8_%D7%A4%D7%9C%D7%9E%D7%99)"
    title: "פול ואן זומר (צייר פלמי)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_van_Somer"
    title: "Paul van Somer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7154614"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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