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)

Workshop of Jacques de Gheyn II Netherlandish

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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.

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Title: 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)
Series/Portfolio: 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)
Medium: Engraving; second state of two (New Hollstein)
Dimensions: plate: 10 1/4 x 7 3/16 in. (26 x 18.2 cm)
sheet: 15 1/16 x 10 1/8 in. (38.3 x 25.7 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Object Number: 2012.136.353.1
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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