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OriginalGeorg Giese, a German merchant from Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) and a member of the Hanseatic League. Giese also worked at the Steelyard in London, where he was portrayed by Hans Holbein in 1532.
Reason
Extremely high quality scan (26,292×30,000) of a portrait painting about a notable merchant, and thus high EV.
Articles in which this image appears
Georg Giese (most EV), Hans Holbein the Younger, Google Art Project, +4 others
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Business
Creator
Hans Holbein the Younger
Georg Giese depicted from the same artwork, on a 1923 100,000 papiermark
Georg Giese depicted from the same artwork, on a 1923 100,000 papiermark

.--Godot13 (talk) 08:55, 18 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Hans Holbein der Jüngere - Der Kaufmann Georg Gisze - Google Art Project.jpg --Adam Cuerden (talk) 20:49, 26 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]