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Soldier carrying his pike with his right hand at his right side, the point angled upwards and close to his stomach (no. 21), ca. 1600
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A soldier, full-length, facing right, carrying a pike (lance) with his right hand at his right side, the point angled upwards and close to his stomach (no. 21), ca. 1600. Plate 21 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 die zijn spies met zijn rechterhand bij zijn rechterzijde draagt, de punt schuin omhoog gericht en vlakbij zijn buik (nr. 21), ca. 1600. 1597 - 1608. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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