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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)

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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)

Jacques de Gheyn II|Jacques de Gheyn II

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)
Object type
Print
Classification
Prints
Object number
2012.136.353.1
Credit line
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Original Met record Artist authority

Artist information

Netherlandish, Antwerp 1565–1629 The Hague|Netherlandish, Antwerp 1565–1629 The Hague

Subjects and terms

  • Soldiers
  • Weapons

The Met object ID 397372. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.