Soldier carrying his spear with both hands horizontally at shoulder height (no. 19), c. 1600, A soldier, full-length, carrying a spear (lance) with both hands horizontally at shoulder height (no. 19), c. 1600. Plate 19 in the instructions for handling the spear: Corte onderwysinghe op de figuerliicke afbeeldinghe belanghende trechte gebruck, van alle t'ghene een Soldaet int handelen vande Spies noodich is. Part of the illustrations in: J. de Gheyn, Wapenhandelinghe van Roers Musquetten ende spiessen, Amsterdam, 1608. Warfare around 1600., print maker: Jacob de Gheyn (II) (workshop of

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