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Jacques de Gheyn II|Jacques de Gheyn II

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)

Engraving; second state of two (New Hollstein)
26 × 18.2 cm (10.2 × 7.2 in)

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