Soldier carrying his spear with both hands by his right side, the point raised diagonally and near his belly (No. 20), ca. 1600, A soldier, full-length, to the right, carrying his spear (lance) with both hands by his right side, the point raised diagonally and near his belly (No. 20), ca. 1600. Plate 20 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

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