Soldier with an arquebus sliding his right hand to the end of his ramrod (no. 28), ca. 1600.
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A soldier, full-length, facing right, holding a musket (a specific type of firearm) with his left hand at his left thigh and bringing his right hand to the end of his ramrod, which he rests against his right side (no. 28), ca. 1600. Plate 28 in the instructions for handling the musket: Brief enseignement, sur la representation des figures, du droit maniement de l'Harquebuse. 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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