File:Hans Holbein der Jüngere - Der Kaufmann Georg Gisze - Google Art Project.jpg

Original file ‎(26,292 × 30,000 pixels, file size: 244.37 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Summary

Warning The original file is very high-resolution. It might not load properly or could cause your browser to freeze when opened at full size.
Hans Holbein the Younger: The Merchant Georg Gisze   
Artist
Hans Holbein the Younger  (1497/1498–1543)    
 
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)
Authority file
  • : Q48319
  • VIAF: 4945401
  • ISNI: 0000000120987816
  • ULAN: 500005259
  • LCCN: n81117179
  • NLA: 36275979
  • WorldCat
creator QS:P170,Q48319
 
Title
German:
Der Kaufmann Georg Gisze 

The Merchant Georg Gisze
title QS:P1476,de:"Der Kaufmann Georg Gisze "
label QS:Lde,"Der Kaufmann Georg Gisze "
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 
Genre portrait 
Depicted people Georg Giese 
Date 1532 
Medium oil on oak panel 
Dimensions height: 96.3 cm (37.9 in) ; width: 85.7 cm (33.7 in) 
dimensions QS:P2048,+96.3U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+85.7U174728
institution QS:P195,Q165631
Current location
room 1
Accession number
586 (Gemäldegalerie) 
Place of creation London 
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).
References
  • The Most Famous Paintings of the World, 19 
  • https://www.wga.hu/html/h/holbein/hans_y/1535/2gisze.html 
  • https://www.wga.hu/html/h/holbein/hans_y/1535/2gisze1.html
  • https://www.wga.hu/html/h/holbein/hans_y/1535/2gisze2.html
  • SMB-digital ID: 868769 
  • Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur ID: 00001527 
  • Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur ID: 02552107 
  • Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur ID: 20090444 
Source/Photographer VwFTBKeaJVASog — Google Arts & Culture
Other versions

See Category:Der Kaufmann Georg Gisze (Holbein der Jüngere)

Remastered color

Licensing

This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
Public domain

The author died in 1543, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".
This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details.

derivative works

Derivative works of this file:  Hans Holbein der Jüngere - Der Kaufmann Georg Gisze (Detail).jpg

A higher resolution version of this image is available as a set of tiles. Click on the grid below to access these.

العربيَّة | čeština | English | Esperanto | Español | français | bahasa Indonesia | italiano | македонски | Nederlands | polski | português | русский | slovenčina | українська | 中文 | 中文（简体）‎ | +/−

Featured picture
Valued image
Valued image
 This file is marked as a valued image, but it is missing its scope! Please refer to Template:Assessments/doc!

Wikimedia CommonsWikipedia

This is a featured picture' on Wikimedia Commons (Featured pictures) and is considered one of the finest images. See its nomination here.
This image has been assessed under the valued image criteria and is considered the most valued image on Commons within the scope '.
 This is a featured picture on the English language Wikipedia (Featured pictures) and is considered one of the finest images. See its nomination here.

If you have an image of similar quality that can be published under a suitable copyright license, be sure to upload it, tag it, and nominate it.

Captions

Portrait of the Merchant Georg Giese (1532). Oil and tempera on oak. Berlin State Museums

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

The Merchant Georg Gisze

digital representation of

The Merchant Georg Gisze

Commons quality assessment

Wikimedia Commons featured picture

main subject

The Merchant Georg Gisze

media type

image/jpeg

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current09:21, 5 November 201226,292 × 30,000 (244.37 MB)DcoetzeeUser created page with UploadWizard
10:32, 12 February 201122,053 × 25,163 (80.87 MB)Dcoetzee{{LargeImage}} {{Artwork |artist ={{Creator:Hans Holbein d. J.}} |title ={{title|lang=de|Der Kaufmann Georg Gisze}} {{de|Der Kaufmann Georg Gisze}} {{en|The Merchant Georg Gisze}} |description = |date ={{date|1532}} |med

Global file usage

The following other wikis use this file:

  • Usage on ar.wikipedia.org
    • جورج غيز
  • Usage on arz.wikipedia.org
    • جورج جيز
  • Usage on da.wikipedia.org
    • Hans Holbein den yngre
    • Bruger:Palnatoke/Julequiz/2012
  • Usage on de.wikipedia.org
    • Hanse
    • Stalhof
    • Geschichte der Stadt Danzig
    • Edward Solly
    • Hans Holbein der Jüngere
    • Google Arts & Culture
    • Wikipedia:Fotowerkstatt/Archiv/2012/Dezember
    • Cartellino
    • Ostseehandel
    • Benutzer:Wuselig/Sammlung Solly
    • Benutzer:HAmberger/Frühbürgerliche Revolution
  • Usage on el.wikipedia.org
    • Χανσεατική Ένωση
    • Χανς Χόλμπαϊν ο νεότερος
    • Κατάλογος έργων του Χανς Χόλμπαϊν του νεότερου
  • Usage on en.wikisource.org
    • Page:Hans Holbein the younger (Volume 2).djvu/27
    • Page:St. Nicholas (serial) (IA stnicholasserial321dodg).pdf/318
    • St. Nicholas/Volume 32/Number 3/How to Study Pictures
  • Usage on es.wikipedia.org
    • Etapas del crecimiento económico de Rostow
  • Usage on fr.wikipedia.org
    • Cartellino
    • Georg Giese
    • Wikipédia:RAW/2016-01-01
  • Usage on fy.wikipedia.org
    • Hans Holbein de Jonge
  • Usage on he.wikipedia.org
    • Google Arts & Culture
  • Usage on it.wikipedia.org
    • Hans Holbein il Giovane
    • Google Arts & Culture
  • Usage on ja.wikipedia.org
    • ハンス・ホルバイン
    • 絵画館 (ベルリン)
    • Google アートプロジェクト
    • カルテリーノ
    • ゲオルク・ギーゼの肖像
  • Usage on mg.wikipedia.org
    • Wikipedia:Sary/*/taona 2028
    • Wikipedia:Sary/Sarin'ny anio/3 Jolay 2028
  • Usage on nl.wikipedia.org
    • 1532
  • Usage on ro.wikipedia.org
    • Google Art Project
  • Usage on sh.wikipedia.org
    • Šablon:Wikipedia:Arhiva izabranih slika/2016
    • Šablon:Slika nedelje/1, 2016.
  • Usage on sl.wikipedia.org
    • Hansa
    • Hans Holbein mlajši
  • Usage on sv.wikipedia.org
    • Hans Holbein den yngre
    • Gemäldegalerie
  • Usage on uk.wikipedia.org
    • Google Arts & Culture
  • Usage on www.wikidata.org
    • Q72459
    • Q21129709
  • Usage on zh.wikipedia.org
    • Google 藝術與文化

Metadata

This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it.

If the file has been modified from its original state, some details may not fully reflect the modified file.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Hans_Holbein_der_Jüngere_-_Der_Kaufmann_Georg_Gisze_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg&oldid=776549970"