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Soldier, seen from the front, holding his pike upright with both hands just above the ground (no. 2), ca. 1600
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A soldier, full-length, holding a pike (spear) with both hands upright in front of him, slightly above the ground (no. 2), ca. 1600. This is the first action for raising the pike upright. Plate 2 in the instructions for handling the pike: Brief instruction upon the contrefaictinges, concerning the right use, of all what a Souldier needeth to know in handling of the Pike. 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, van voren gezien, die zijn spies met beide handen rechtop voor zich iets boven de grond vasthoudt (nr. 2), ca. 1600. 1597 - 1608. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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