The second movement for bringing the pike on to the shoulder and holding it horizontally, from the Lansquenet series, plate 9, 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 three (New Hollstein) · Drawings and Prints

The second movement for bringing the pike on to the shoulder and holding it horizontally, from the Lansquenet series, plate 9, in Wapenhandelinghe van Roers Musquetten Ende Spiessen (The Exercise of Arms) — Jacques de Gheyn II|Jacques de Gheyn II

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 three (New Hollstein)
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011

The second movement for bringing the pike on to the shoulder and holding it horizontally, from the Lansquenet series, plate 9, in Wapenhandelinghe van Roers Musquetten Ende Spiessen (The Exercise of Arms)

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