Soldier holding his musket with both hands upright in front of him (no. 21), c. 1600, A soldier, full-length, to the right, holding a musket (a certain type of firearm) with both hands in front of him, pointing the barrel upward, to bring it to his left (no. 21), c. 1600. In his left hand, in addition to the barrel of the musket, he holds a furket (musket fork) and a burning fuse. Plate 21 in the instructions for handling the musket: Corte onderrechtinghe op de figuerlicke afbeeldinghe, soo veel aengaet het recht ghebruyck van Musquet. Part of the illustrations in: J. de Gheyn

---

Size: 3288px × 4551px
Location:
Photo credit: © Penta Springs / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 21, 1600, 1608, addition, aengaet, afbeeldinghe, amsterdam, arts, barrel, bring, burning, circa, corte, de, ende, figuerlicke, firearm, fork, front, full-length, furket, fuse, ghebruyck, gheyn, hand, handling, hands, het, holding, holds, illustrations, instructions, jacob, left, maker, martial, musket, musquet, musquetten, onderrechtinghe, op, part, plate, pointing, print, recht, roers, soldier, soo, speiessen, type, upright, upward, van, veel, wapenhandelinghe