Editing Merchant (section)

==In art==

Elizabeth Honig has argued that artists, especially the painters of [[Antwerp]], developed a fascination with merchants from the mid-16th century.<ref>Honig, E.A., ''Painting & the Market in Early Modern Antwerp,'' Yale University Press, 1998, pp 6–10</ref> The wealthier merchants also had the means to commission artworks with the result that individual merchants and their families became important subject matter for artists. For instance, [[Hans Holbein the younger]] painted a series of portraits of Hanseatic merchants working out of London's Steelyard in the 1530s.<ref>Fudge, J.F., ''Commerce and Print in the Early Reformation,'' Brill, 2007, p.110</ref> These included including [[Georg Giese]] of [[Gdańsk|Danzig]]; Hillebrant Wedigh of [[Cologne]]; Dirk Tybis of [[Duisburg]]; [[Hans of Antwerp]], Hermann Wedigh, Johann Schwarzwald, Cyriacus Kale, Derich Born and Derick Berck.<ref>Holman, T.S., "Holbein's Portraits of the Steelyard Merchants: An Investigation," Metropolitan Museum Journal, vol. 14, 1980, pp 139–158</ref> Paintings of groups of merchants, notably officers of the merchant guilds, also became subject matter for artists and documented the rise of important mercantile organisations.{{Cn|date=August 2021}}

In 2022, Dutch photographer Loes Heerink spend hours on bridges in [[Hanoi]] to take pictures of Vietnamese street Merchants. She published a book called Merchants in Motion: the art of Vietnamese Street Vendors.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Merchants in Motion|url=https://loesheerink.com/proj/merchants-in-motion/|access-date=2022-02-18|website=Loes Heerink|language=en-GB}}</ref>

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File:Paolo Uccello 059.jpg|A Jewish merchant and his family by [[Paolo Uccello]] 1465-1469
File:Van Eyck - Arnolfini Portrait.jpg|The Arnolfini Portrait, believed to be of Italian merchant, [[Giovanni Arnolfini|Giovanni de Nicolao Arnolfini]] with his wife, by [[Jan van Eyck]], c. 1434
File:Verrocchio Lorenzo de Medici.jpg|[[Lorenzo de' Medici]], merchant, Florentine bust, 14th or 15th century
File:Mathias Mulich (1470-1528), Merchant in Lübeck, by Jacob Claesz van Utrecht.jpg|Mathias Mulich (1470-1528), Merchant in Lübeck, by [[Jacob van Utrecht|Jacob Claesz van Utrecht]], c. 1522
File:Porträt des Anton Fugger -durch Hans Maler zu Schwaz.jpg|Portrait of [[Anton Fugger]] by [[Hans Maler zu Schwaz]], c. 1525
File:Hans Holbein the Younger - George Gisze - 1532.jpg|Portrait of [[Georg Giese|George Gisze]], the merchant, by [[Hans Holbein the Younger]], c 1532
File:Hans Holbein d.J. - Porträt eines Mitgliedes der Familie Wedigh.jpg|Portrait of a member of the Wedigh merchant family by [[Hans Holbein the Younger]], c. 1532
File:The Hanseatic merchant Cyriacus Kale, by Hans Holbein.jpg|The Hanseatic merchant, Cyriacus Kale, by [[Hans Holbein the Younger]], c. 1533
File:A Hanseatic merchant, by Hans Holbein the younger.jpg|A Hanseatic merchant, by [[Hans Holbein the Younger]], c 1538
File:Corneille de la Haye Portrait of a Merchant.png|Portrait of a Merchant by [[Corneille de Lyon]], c. 1541
File:Portretten van Sir Thomas Gresham en Anne Fernely Rijksmuseum SK-A-3118.jpeg|''Sir [[Thomas Gresham]]'' by [[Anthonis Mor]], c. 1560.
File:Anthony van Dyck - Cornelis van der Geest - WGA07391.jpg|Cornelis van der Geest, merchant of Antwerp, by [[Anthony van Dyck]], c. 1620
File:A. van Dyck Portrait of Nicolaes van der Borght 1625-1635.jpg|Portrait of Nicolaes van der Borght, merchant of Antwerp by [[Anthony van Dyck|Van Dyk]], 1625–35
File:WLANL - kwispeltail - Delcourt en Keersegieter-detail.jpg|Portrait of the cloth merchant, Abraham del Court and his wife Maria de Keerssegieter by [[Bartholomeus van der Helst|Bartelmeus van der Helst]], c. 1654
File:Rembrandt - Frederick Rihel on Horseback - WGA19157.jpg|Frederick Rihel, a merchant on horseback by [[Rembrandt]], c. 1663
File:Jürgen Ovens - Cornelis Nuyts.jpg|Portrait of Amsterdam merchant, Cornelis Nuyts (1574-1661) by [[Jürgen Ovens]]
File:Retratodejosuavanbellers8.jpg|Portrait of Joshua van Belle, merchant in Spain by [[Bartolomé Esteban Murillo]], c. 1670
File:Pieter Cnoll, Cornelia van Nijenrode en hun dochters Pieter Cnoll. Eerste opperkoopman te Batavia, zijn echtgenote Cornelia van Nijenroode en hun dochters Catharina (geb. 1653) en Hester (geb. 1659), SK-A-4062.jpg|Portrait of [[Pieter Cnoll]], senior merchant of Batavia, with family, by [[Jacob Jansz. Coeman|Jacob Janz Coeman]], c.1655
File:Abraham van Strij Merchant.jpg|The Merchant by [[Abraham van Strij]] c. 1800
File:CasparVoghtMosnier1801.jpg|[[Caspar Voght]], German merchant, 1801 by [[Jean-Laurent Mosnier]]
File:Joshua Watson.jpg|[[Joshua Watson]], English wine merchant, 1863
File:Jean-Léon Gérôme - The Carpet Merchant - Google Art Project.jpg|The Carpet Merchant by [[Jean-Léon Gérôme]], c 1887
File:Merchant Sytov by anonymous (Rybinsk museum, mid. 19 c.).jpg|Merchant Sytov by anonymous (Rybinsk museum), mid-19th century
File:Ferdinand Bol - Governors of the Wine Merchant's Guild - WGA2361.jpg|''Governors of the Wine Merchant's Guild'' by [[Ferdinand Bol]], c. 1680
File:Rembrandt - De Staalmeesters- het college van staalmeesters (waardijns) van het Amsterdamse lakenbereidersgilde - Google Art Project.jpg|[[Syndics of the Drapers' Guild|The Syndics of the Drapers' Guild]] by [[Rembrandt]], c. 1662
File:Four officers of the Amsterdam Coopers and wine-rackers Guild.jpg|Four officers of the Amsterdam Coopers and wine-rackers Guild by Gerbrand Jansz van den Eeckhout, c. 1660
File:Balthasar Van den Bossche - The reception of Jan Karel de Cordes at the guild hall.jpg|Reception of Jan Karel de Cordes at the guild hall by [[Balthasar van den Bossche]], c.1711
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