Soldier carrying his spear with both hands at his right side, the point angled upward (no. 15), ca. 1600
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A soldier, full-length, carrying a spear (lance) with both hands at his right side, the point angled upward (no. 15), ca. 1600. This is the first movement for placing the spear on the ground. Plate 15 in the instructions for handling the spear: Enseignement brief; et succint sur les portraitz figurez, touchant l'usage, de tout ce qu'un Soldat doibt faire au maniement de la Pique. Part of the illustrations in a French edition of J. de Gheyn's Wapenhandelinghe: J. de Gheyn, Maniement d'armes, d'arquebuses, mousquetz et piques : en conformité de l'ordre de Mour le Prince Maurice, Prince d'Orange, Amsterdam 1608. Military affairs around 1600.
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