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Soldier with a musket transferring his match from his right to his left hand (no. 14), ca. 1600
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A soldier, full-length, facing right, holding a caliver (a type of firearm) with his left hand (no. 14), ca. 1600. He transfers the lit match from his right hand to his left. Plate 14 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 lont overbrengt van zijn rechter- naar zijn linkerhand (nr. 14), ca. 1600. 1597 - 1608. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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