Soldier carrying his spear with both hands horizontally at shoulder height, his right hand at the base of the weapon (no. 14), ca. 1600
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A soldier, full-length, carrying a spear (lance) with both hands horizontally at shoulder height, his right hand at the foot of the weapon (no. 14), ca. 1600. This is the third movement for lowering the spear to pass under an overhang. Plate 14 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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