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The exercise with targe and rapier: the soldier frees his hand from the targe's strap (no. 12), 1618
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The exercise with targe and rapier: the soldier frees his hand from the strap of the targe, 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. 12. Military affairs around 1600.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineDe exercitie met de targe en rapier: de soldaat maakt zijn hand los uit de riem van de targe, (nr. 12), 1618. 1616 - 1618. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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