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Soldier with a matchlock sliding his right hand to the end of his ramrod (no. 28), ca. 1600
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A soldier, full-length, facing right, holding a caliver (a type of firearm) with his left hand at his left thigh and bringing his right hand to the end of his ramrod, which he rests against his right side (no. 28), ca. 1600. Plate 28 in the instructions for handling the caliver: Shorte instruction upon the contrefaictinges, touching the right use of calivers. Part of the illustrations in an English edition of J. de Gheyn's Wapenhandelinghe: J. de Gheyn, The exercise of armes for calivres, muskettes and pikes after the ordre of Maurits Prince of Orange, 's-Gravenhage 1608. Military affairs around 1600.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineSoldaat met een roer die zijn rechterhand naar het uiteinde van zijn laadstok schuift (nr. 28), ca. 1600. 1597 - 1608. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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