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The Exercise with Shield and Spear: The Soldier Brings the Spear Back to the Resting Position in Three Times, Second Movement (No. 11), 1618
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The Exercise with Shield and Spear: The Soldier Brings the Spear Back to the Resting Position in Three Times, Second Movement (No. 11), 1618

1616 - 1618 · engraving; hand coloring; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Exercise with shield and spear: the soldier brings the spear back to the resting position in three movements, second movement, 1618. Part of the illustrations in: Adam van Breen, Nassauische Waffenhandelung, 1618, plate no. 11. Military affairs around 1600.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineDe exercitie met schild en spies: de soldaat brengt in drie tijden de spies weer terug in de rustpositie, tweede beweging (nr. 11), 1618. 1616 - 1618. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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