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Soldier blowing sparks from the pan of his matchlock (no. 15), ca. 1600
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A soldier, full-length, facing right, holding a caliver (a type of firearm) to his mouth and blowing over the pan (the powder reservoir) (no. 15), ca. 1600. In his left hand, besides the caliver, a lit match. In his right hand, a powder flask. Plate 15 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 die vonken wegblaast van de pan van zijn roer (nr. 15), ca. 1600. 1597 - 1608. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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