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The exercise with shield and spear: the soldier in a defensive posture with one foot forward and his rapier and shield on the knee before the body (no. 21), 1618
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The exercise with shield and spear: the soldier in a defensive posture with one foot forward and his rapier and shield on the knee before the body, 1618. Part of the illustrations in: Adam van Breen, De Nassausche Wapen-Handelinge, 1618, plate no. 21. Military affairs around 1600.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineDe exercitie met schild en spies: de soldaat in een verdedigende houding met een voet naar voren en met zijn rapier en schild op de knie voor het lichaam (nr. 21), 1618. 1616 - 1618. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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