Soldier with a musket opening a powder measure, ca. 1645, A soldier, full-length, to the right, holding a musket (a certain type of firearm) with his left hand near his left thigh, the barrel pointing diagonally upwards. In his left hand, in addition to the musket, also a furket (musket fork). With his right hand he opens one of the powder measures on his bandolier. Printed on the back with text in French. Free copy of plate 23 in the instructions for handling the musket in the Wapenhandelinghe by J. de Gheyn. Military system around 1600., print, print maker: Petrus Rucholle, Southern

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