Soldier carrying his spear almost horizontally above his right shoulder (no. 9), c. 1600, A soldier, full-length, to the right, carrying a spear (lance) almost horizontally above his right shoulder (no. 9), c. 1600. His hands far apart around the spear. This is the second act of raising the spear to the shoulder and carrying it horizontally. Plate 9 in the instructions for handling the spear: Brief instruction upon the contrefaictinges, concerning the right use, of all what a Souldier needeth to know in handling of the Pike. Part of the illustrations in an English edition of J. de Gheyns Wapenhandelinghe: J. de Gheyn, The exercise of armes for calivres, muskettes and pikes after the ordre of Maurits Prince of Orange, The Hague 1608. Martial arts circa 1600., print maker: Jacob de Gheyn (II) (workshop of), print maker: Robert de Baudous (possibly), Northern Netherlands, 1597 - 1608, paper, engraving, height 255 mm × width 188 mm
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