A soldier on guard shaping the match between his thumb and his forefinger, from the Marksmen series, plate 41, in Wapenhandelinghe van Roers Musquetten Ende Spiessen (The Exercise of Arms)
Jacques de Gheyn II|Jacques de Gheyn II
Date unknown · Engraving; second state of two (New Hollstein) · Drawings and Prints
From a series of 117 numbered plates from the military drill manual, "Wapenhandelinghe van Roers Musquetten ende Speissen" (The Exercise of Arms). The series is divided into three sets: Marksmen (42 plates), Musketeers (43 plates), and Lansquenets (32 plates). The Exercise of Arms was first published as a complete volume in 1608, and several more editions followed shortly after, with Dutch, French, German, English, and Danish versions produced.
- Artist
- Jacques de Gheyn II|Jacques de Gheyn II
- Date
- Date unknown
- Medium
- Engraving; second state of two (New Hollstein)
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
