Soldier, seen from the back, carrying his spear with both hands horizontally at nose height, his right hand at the base of the weapon, his face turned to the right (no. 30), ca. 1600
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A soldier, full-length, seen from the back, carrying a spear (lance) with both hands horizontally at nose height, his right hand at the foot of the weapon, his face turned to the right (no. 30), ca. 1600. Plate 30 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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