Soldier holding his pike upright with his right hand in the crook of his right arm (no. 4), ca. 1600
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A soldier, full-length, facing right, holding a pike (spear) upright with his right hand in the crook of his right arm (no. 4), ca. 1600. This is the third action for raising the pike upright. Plate 4 in the instructions for handling the pike: 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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