Soldier blowing powder from his musket (no. 20), ca. 1600

A soldier, full-length, holding a musket (a specific type of firearm) to his mouth with both hands and blowing over it to remove any powder that may have fallen out of the pan (the powder reservoir) (no. 20), ca. 1600. In his left hand, besides the barrel of the musket, a fork (musket fork) and a lit match. Plate 20 in the instructions for handling the musket: Corte onderrechtinghe op de figuerlicke afbeeldinghe, soo veel aengaet het recht ghebruyck van Musquet. Part of the illustrations in: J. de Gheyn, Wapenhandelinghe van Roers Musquetten ende spiessen, Amsterdam, 1608. Military affairs around 1600.