George Gisze - A merchant; 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 symbolizing his betrothal (Gisze married Christine Kreger in Danzig in 1535).