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The exercise with targe and rapier: the soldier moves the targe from his back over his left shoulder (no. 2), 1618
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The exercise with targe and rapier: the soldier brings the targe from his back over the left shoulder, 1618. Part of the illustrations in: Adam van Breen, De Nassausche Wapen-Handelinge: Korte Onderwijsinge op de figuerlijcke af-beeldinghe belangende 'trecht ghebruyck van al 'tghene een Soldaet noodigh is in het handelen vande Targes met het Rappier, 1618, plate no. 2. Military affairs around 1600.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineDe exercitie met de targe en rapier: de soldaat brengt de targe van de rug over de linkerschouder (nr. 2), 1618. 1616 - 1618. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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