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Soldier, seen from the front, holding his pike upright with his right hand (no. 17), ca. 1600
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A soldier, full-length, holding a spear (lance) vertically with his right hand (no. 17), ca. 1600. Plate 17 in the instructions for handling the spear: Corte onderwysinghe op de figuerliicke afbeeldinghe, belanghende t'recht ghebruyck, van al t'ghene een Soldaet int handelen vande Spies noodich is. Part of the illustrations in: J. de Gheyn, Wapenhandelinghe van Roers Musquetten ende spiessen, 's-Gravenhage, 1607. Military affairs around 1600.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineSoldaat, van voren gezien, die zijn spies met zijn rechterhand rechtop vasthoudt (nr. 17), ca. 1600. 1597 - 1607. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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