# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pieter-van-ruijven
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:37:04.382Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pieter-van-ruijven"
name: "Pieter van Ruijven"
slug: "pieter-van-ruijven"
description: "Pieter Claeszoon van Ruijven has been known as Johannes Vermeer's main patron for the better part of the artist's career, but in 2023 his wife Maria de Knuijt was identified by the curators of the 2023 exhibition of Vermeer's works at the Rijksmuseum, in Amsterdam as the main patron due to her long-standing and supportive relationship with the artist. He built a sizeable estate from inheritances he and his wife received and fruitful investments. In 1669, he became the Lord of Spalant when he purchased land owned by Willem, Baron van Renesse."
tagline: "Dutch art patron and collector (1624-1678)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Vermeer-view-of-delft.jpg/330px-Vermeer-view-of-delft.jpg"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1624"
deathDate: "1674"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.38
  momentum:             0.1260022909507446
  historical:           9.631824
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Пітер ван Руйвен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "بيتر فان رويجفين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Pieter van Ruijven"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_van_Ruijven"
    title: "Pieter van Ruijven"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_van_Ruijven"
    title: "Pieter van Ruijven"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_van_Ruijven"
    title: "Pieter van Ruijven"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_van_Ruijven"
    title: "Pieter van Ruijven"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_van_Ruijven"
    title: "Pieter van Ruijven"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_van_Ruijven"
    title: "Pieter van Ruijven"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_van_Ruijven"
    title: "Pieter van Ruijven"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_van_Ruijven"
    title: "Pieter van Ruijven"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2615527"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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