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The exercise with targe and rapier: the soldier holds the targe with his right hand and grasps the strap with his left hand (no. 3), 1618
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The exercise with targe and rapier: the soldier holds the targe with the right hand and grasps the strap of the targe with the left hand, 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. 3. Military affairs around 1600.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineDe exercitie met de targe en rapier: de soldaat houdt de targe vast met de rechterhand en grijpt met de linkerhand de riem (nr. 3), 1618. 1616 - 1618. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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