• Hans Holbein the Younger Famous works. Here we show artworks that are significant for an artist’s creative career, or for an art history in general).
  • The name Georg Gisze occurs frequently and appears several times in various styles of handwriting on the documents attached to the wall.
  • Hans Holbein the Younger, The Merchant Georg Gisze, 1532, oil on oak, 97.5 x 86.2 cm (Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin).
  • The Danzig merchant Georg Gisze (or Giese) is shown among the paraphernalia of his trade: money, pen, seal, inkpots, balance, boxes, scissors, keys.
  • Cite this page as: Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris, "Hans Holbein the Younger, The Merchant Georg Gisze," in Smarthistory, November 28, 2015...
  • He also made a number of portrait drawings that foreshadow the work of his famous son, Hans Holbein the Younger.
  • The portrait shows the Hanseatic merchant from Gdansk, Georg Gisze (1497–1562), at age 34, sitting behind a writing table in a corner of his London office...
  • Portrait of the Merchant Georg Gisze. 1532. 96.3 x 85.7 cms | 37 3/4 x 33 1/2 ins Oil on wood.
  • Portrait of Thomas Cromwell Anne Boleyn, Queen of England The Merchant Georg Gisze Portrait of a Nobleman with a Hawk, 1542.
  • Hans Holbein the Younger was either born in 1497 or 1498 in Augsburg. ... Giese himself probably commissioned this portrait, “The Merchant Georg Gisze”.