# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/simon-pereyns
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:03:29.929Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/simon-pereyns"
name: "Simon Pereyns"
slug: "simon-pereyns"
description: "Simon Pereyns was a Flemish painter. He moved to Lisbon, Portugal in 1558 and later to Madrid, Spain. In 1566, he moved to Mexico where he gained fame as a painter of numerous works, most of which have not survived. He created the altarpiece of Huejotzingo at the Franciscan convent of Huejotzingo in Puebla, Mexico, one of the monasteries on the slopes of Popocatépetl. Included in his works is a depiction of Saint Christopher."
tagline: "Flemish painter"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Simon_Pereyns%2C_San_Cristobal_at_Catedral_of_Mexico%2C_1588.jpg/330px-Simon_Pereyns%2C_San_Cristobal_at_Catedral_of_Mexico%2C_1588.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1530"
deathDate: "1589"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.76
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.539669333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD%D1%81"
    title: "Симон Перейнс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "سيمون پيرينس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Pereyns"
    title: "Simon Pereyns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Pereyns"
    title: "Simon Pereyns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sim%C3%B3n_Pereyns"
    title: "Simón Pereyns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Pereyns"
    title: "Simon Pereyns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Pereyns"
    title: "Simon Pereyns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7519518"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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