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Jacob Fugger ("The Rich") of Augsburg (1459 - 1525) |
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Portrait by an unknown artist |
(1471 - 1528) of whom Fugger was a patron. |
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J Fugger at work with his Chief Treasurer, Matthew Schwartz, as portrayed in the costume book of Matthew Schwartz c1518.
At its height, the Fugger bank was more than ten times the size of the earlier Medici Bank, but it left no lasting mark on history except in the amenities of its home town of Augsburg.
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