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A soldier returning to the position shown in the first plate of the series, from the Marksmen series, plate 33, in Waffenhandlung von den Rören Musquetten undt Spiessen / Wapenhandelinghe van Roers Musquetten ende Spiessen (The Exercise of Arms)

after Jacques de Gheyn II Netherlandish
Workshop of Jacques de Gheyn II Netherlandish
possibly by Robert Willemsz de Baudous Netherlandish
published 1608
Not on view
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. This version (49.95.1110-1227) belongs to the German translation of the third edition (titled "Waffenhandlung von den Rören Musquetten undt Spiessen"), which was published in The Hague in 1608.

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  • Title: A soldier returning to the position shown in the first plate of the series, from the Marksmen series, plate 33, in Waffenhandlung von den Rören Musquetten undt Spiessen / Wapenhandelinghe van Roers Musquetten ende Spiessen (The Exercise of Arms)
  • Series/Portfolio: Waffenhandlung von den Rören Musquetten undt Spiessen / Wapenhandelinghe van Roers Musquetten ende Spiessen (The Exercise of Arms)
  • Artist: after Jacques de Gheyn II (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1565–1629 The Hague)
  • Artist: Workshop of Jacques de Gheyn II (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1565–1629 The Hague)
  • Artist: possibly by Robert Willemsz de Baudous (Netherlandish, 1574/5–1659)
  • Published in: The Hague
  • Date: published 1608
  • Medium: Engraving; second state of two (New Hollstein)
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 9 13/16 × 7 1/16 in. (24.9 × 17.9 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
  • Object Number: 45.95.1144
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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