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Soldier aiming the musket upwards with both hands (no. 10), ca. 1600
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A soldier, full-length, facing right, holding a caliver (a type of firearm) with both hands and angling it upwards (no. 10), ca. 1600. Plate 10 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 richt de roer met beide handen omhoog (nr. 10), ca. 1600. 1597 - 1608. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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