Soldier with a musket taking the match (no. 6), ca. 1600
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
A soldier, full-length, facing right, holding a musket (a specific type of firearm) with his left hand (no. 6), ca. 1600. In his left hand, besides the musket, he holds a fork (musket fork) and a lit match. With his right hand he grasps this match. Plate 6 in the instructions for handling the musket: Brief enseignement, sur les pourtraitz figurez, touchant le droit maniement du Mousquet. 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.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSimilar works
Soldier holding his musket diagonally upward with his left hand, while pulling his fork from under the barrel (no. 13), ca. 1600
Soldier with a musket taking hold of his match (no. 6), ca. 1600
Soldier with a musket blowing the match to his mouth to clean it (no. 7), ca. 1600
Soldier with a musket bringing the match to his mouth to blow it clean (no. 7), ca. 1600
Soldier holding his musket diagonally upward with his left hand while withdrawing the fork from under the barrel (no. 13), ca. 1600
Soldier detaching the match from the cock of his musket (no. 14), ca. 1600