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Soldier carrying his musket on his left shoulder and holding his fork in his left hand (no. 2), ca. 1600
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A soldier, full-length, facing right, with a musket (a specific type of firearm) resting on his left shoulder (no. 2), ca. 1600. In his left hand, besides the stock of the musket, he holds a fork (musket fork) and a lit match. Plate 2 in the instructions for handling the musket: Shorte instruction for the figures, so much concerneth the right use of muskett. 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 die zijn musket op zijn linkerschouder draagt en zijn furket in zijn linkerhand vasthoudt (nr. 2), ca. 1600. 1597 - 1608. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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