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Soldier on guard holding his musket diagonally upward at his right side, finger on the trigger (no. 37), ca. 1600
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A soldier on guard, full-length, facing right, holding a musket (a specific type of firearm) at his right side, his right index finger on the trigger, his left hand around the fork of the fork (musket fork) on which the barrel, pointing diagonally upward, rests (no. 37), ca. 1600. In his left hand also a lit match. Plate 37 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.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineSoldaat op wacht die zijn musket bij zijn rechterzijde schuin omhoog gericht vasthoudt, zijn vinger aan de trekker (nr. 37), ca. 1600. 1597 - 1607. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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