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Soldier carrying his pike on his right shoulder, the point angled towards the ground (no. 11), ca. 1600
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A soldier, full-length, facing right, carrying a spear (lance) on his right shoulder, the point angled towards the ground (no. 11), ca. 1600. His right hand on the spear. Plate 11 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.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineSoldaat die zijn spies op zijn rechterschouder draagt, de punt schuin naar de grond gericht (nr. 11), ca. 1600. 1597 - 1608. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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