Soldier carrying his pike almost horizontally above his right shoulder (no. 9), ca. 1600
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A soldier, full-length, facing right, carrying a spear (lance) almost horizontally above his right shoulder (no. 9), ca. 1600. His hands far apart on the spear. This is the second movement for raising the spear to the shoulder and carrying it horizontally. Plate 9 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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