A Group of Guardsmen, 1529, A group of shooters from the Kloveniersdoelen. Militia piece consisting of three parts: a middle piece from 1529 with seventeen people and two side pieces each with seven portraits that were added later. All figures are presented in bust or half-length, with a black beret on the head and usually with gesticulated hands. On the left-hand side a man with a song on a piece of paper, a man with a rummer and a shooter with a herring and a knife. In the middle, two gunmen hold the barrel of their rifles in their hands, above a man with a pen. In the right part also a writ

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Photo credit: © Gibon Art / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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