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The Exercise with Shield and Spear: The Soldier with the Shield Ready and the Spear on the Ground Next to His Right Foot (No. 17), 1618
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Exercise with shield and spear: the soldier with the shield ready and the spear on the ground next to his right foot, 1618. Part of the illustrations in: Adam van Breen, Nassauische Waffenhandelung, 1618, plate no. 17. Military affairs around 1600.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineDe exercitie met schild en spies: de soldaat met het schild gereed en de spies naast zijn rechtervoet op de grond (nr. 17), 1618. 1616 - 1618. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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