Soldier raising his spear forward by transferring his right hand from the point to the foot of the weapon (no. 23), c. 1600, A soldier, full-length, to the right, raising his spear (lance) forward by transferring his right hand from the point to the foot of the weapon (no. 23), c. 1600. Plate 23 in the instructions for handling the spear: Corte onderwysinghe op de figuerliicke afbeeldinghe belanghende trechte gebruck, van alle t'ghene een Soldaet int handelen vande Spies noodich is. Part of the illustrations in: J. de Gheyn, Wapenhandelinghe van Roers Musquetten ende spiessen, Amsterdam, 1608

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