Soldier holding his musket with both hands near his left thigh (No. 22), ca. 1600, A soldier, full-length, to the right, holding a musket (a particular type of firearm) with both hands near his left thigh (No. 22), ca. 1600. Plate 22 in the instructions for handling the musket: Brief enseignement, sur les pourtraitz figurez, touchant le droit maniement du Mousquet. Part of the illustrations in a French edition of J. de Gheyn's Wapenhandelinghe: J. de Gheyn, Maniement d'armes, d'arquebuses, mousquetz et piques : en conformité de l'ordre de Mour le Prince Maurice, Prince d'Orange, Amsterdam 1608

---

Size: 3592px × 5153px
Location:
Photo credit: © Penta Springs / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 22, 1600, 1608, amsterdam, armes, arquebuses, arts, baudous, ca, circa, conformité, de, droit, du, edition, en, enseignement, figurez, firearm, french, full-length, gheyn, handling, hands, holding, ii, illustrations, instructions, jacob, le, left, les, maker, maniement, martial, maurice, mour, mousquet, mousquetz, musket, orange, ordre, part, piques, plate, pourtraitz, prince, print, robert, soldier, sur, thigh, touchant, type, wapenhandelinghe, workshop