Soldier, seen from the back, carrying his spear with both hands horizontally at nose level, his right hand at the foot of the weapon, his face turned to the left (no. 29), ca. 1600, A soldier, seen from the back, carrying a spear (lance) with both hands horizontally at nose level, his right hand at the foot of the weapon, his face turned to the left (no. 29), ca. 1600. Plate 29 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

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