Plate Five from Plusieurs Models des plus nouuelles manieres qui sont en usage en l'Art de Arquebuzerie

Adrien Reynier, called Le Hollandois|C. Jacquinet|Thuraine

ca. 1660 · Engraving · Arms and Armor

Plate Five from Plusieurs Models des plus nouuelles manieres qui sont en usage en l'Art de Arquebuzerie — Adrien Reynier, called Le Hollandois|C. Jacquinet|Thuraine

Little is known about the royal gunmakers, Thuraine and Le Hollandois, who published the pattern book from which this sheet comes. It remains a rare and important document of Parisian gunmaking and the leading style of firearms ornament early in the reign of Louis XIV.

Artist
Adrien Reynier, called Le Hollandois|C. Jacquinet|Thuraine
Date
ca. 1660
Medium
Engraving
Culture
French, Paris
Department
Arms and Armor
Credit line
Purchase, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Gift, 2016

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