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Der Kaufmann Georg Gisze (Holbein der Jüngere)
Hans Holbein the Younger: The Merchant Georg Gisze  wikidata:Q21129709 reasonator:Q21129709
Artist
Hans Holbein the Younger  (1497/1498–1543)  wikidata:Q48319 s:it:Autore:Hans Holbein il Giovane q:it:Hans Holbein il Giovane
 
Hans Holbein the Younger
Alternative names
Hans Holbein der Jüngere, Hans Holbein
Description -German painter and drawer
Date of birth/death 1497 or 1498
date QS:P,+1497-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1497-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1498-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
 between 7 October 1543 and 29 November 1543
date QS:P,+1543-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1319,+1543-10-07T00:00:00Z/11,P1326,+1543-11-29T00:00:00Z/11
Location of birth/death Augsburg London
Work location
Basel (1515-1526), Lucerne (1515-1526), Venice (1515), Bologna (1515), Florence (1515), Rome (1515), Venice (1517-1518), Bologna (1517-1518), Florence (1517-1518), Rome (1517-1518), London (1526-1528), Basel (1528-1532), London (1532-1543)
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creator QS:P170,Q48319
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Title
German:
Der Kaufmann Georg Gisze Edit this at Wikidata

The Merchant Georg Gisze
title QS:P1476,de:"Der Kaufmann Georg Gisze Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Lde,"Der Kaufmann Georg Gisze Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Les,"Retrato del mercader Gisze"
label QS:Lja,"ゲオルク・ギーゼの肖像"
label QS:Lfr,"Le Marchand Georg Gisze"
label QS:Lnb,"Handelsmannen Georg Gisze"
label QS:Len,"The Merchant Georg Gisze"
label QS:Llv,"Tirgotāja Georga Gīzes portrets"
label QS:Lru,"Портрет Георга Гизе"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Description
Deutsch: Georg Giese, auch Gisze, (* 1497 in Danzig; † 1562 in Danzig) war ein Kaufmann, der ab dem Jahr 1522 im Londoner Hanse-Kontor, dem sogenannten Stalhof, für die Kölner Hanseniederlassung tätig war.
Depicted people Georg Giese Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1532 Edit this at Wikidata
Medium oil on oak panel Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 96.3 cm (37.9 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 85.7 cm (33.7 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+96.3U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+85.7U174728
institution QS:P195,Q165631
Current location
room 1
Accession number
586 (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin) Edit this at Wikidata
Place of creation London Edit this at Wikidata
Notes
English:
Detail

Holbein painted this large portrait at the beginning of his second period in England in search of work, and it may be intended as a virtuoso showpiece for his gifts in portraiture and the depiction of objects and textures. It is the most sumptuous of his series of portraits of mainly German merchants of the Steelyard, a complex of offices, warehouses, and residences on the north bank of the Thames in London. Familiar with Holbein's wider reputation, the merchants were quick to take advantage of his presence in London. The Danzig merchant Georg Gisze (or Giese) is shown among the paraphernalia of his trade: money, pen, seal, inkpots, balance, boxes, scissors, keys. On a table covered with a Turkey rug stands a vase of carnations, perhaps symbolising his betrothal (Gisze married Christine Krüger in Danzig in 1535).

Detail
On the surface, the picture appears super-realistic; but on closer inspection it contains a series of deliberate optical paradoxes. The walls, for example, are not at a right angle, and the table, as shown in the bottom right of the painting, where objects overhang its edge, is not rectangular. Certain objects on the table are not painted flat to the surface, and the vase and the money tin are precariously positioned. The overlapping of the book by the note, or cartellino, fixed to the wall by sealing wax, is an optical illusion given the bulk of the book. The balance hangs unstably from the shelf; and next to it is inscribed Gisze's motto: "Nulla sine merore voluptas" (no pleasure without regret), implying a symbolic connection with the scales. According to art historian Stephanie Buck, "The apparently splendid world of the rich merchant Gisze is thus by no means as sound and stable as it appears at first" (Buck, pp. 88–95).
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LocationGemäldegalerie, Berlin, Tiergarten, Mitte, Berlin, Germany
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  • 1532
Width
  • 85.7 ±0.1 cm
Height
  • 96.3 ±0.1 cm
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