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The exercise with targe and rapier: the soldier holds the targe slightly forward to be able to draw the rapier (no. 4), 1618
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The exercise with targe and rapier: the soldier holds the targe slightly forward to be able to draw the rapier, 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. 4. Military affairs around 1600.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineDe exercitie met de targe en rapier: de soldaat houdt de targe iets naar voren om de rapier te kunnen trekken (nr. 4), 1618. 1616 - 1618. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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