Military formations, from "I carichi militari di fra’ Lelio Brancaccio cavalier"
Anonymous, Italian, 17th century Italian
Not on view
This depiction of military formations was published in the first edition of Lelio Brancaccio's influential military treatise I carichi militari (Antwerp, 1610). The author, born in Naples, was a soldier who had risen to the rank of sergeant-major in the Spanish army. In the text, he describes the roles of the infantry, artillery, and cavalry and includes a chapter focused largely on the moral behavior of soldiers.[1]
[1] See Anna E. C. Simoni, "Sans frontières: Italo-Dutch books 1563-1629," in La Bibliofilía, vol. 104, no. 1 (Jan-April 2002), pp. 57-82, specifically pp. 66-68.
