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Soldier thrusting the point of his pike forward with his right hand while gripping the shaft with his left (no. 22), ca. 1600
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A soldier, full-length, facing right, thrusting the point of his pike (lance) forward with his right hand and holding the shaft with his left hand (no. 22), ca. 1600. Plate 22 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 met zijn rechterhand de punt van zijn spies naar voren steekt en met zijn linkerhand de schacht vastpakt (nr. 22), ca. 1600. 1597 - 1608. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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