Jacques de Gheyn II|Jacques de Gheyn II

The second movement for bringing the pike on to the shoulder and holding it horizontally, from the Lansquenet series, plate 9, in Wapenhandelinghe van Roers Musquetten Ende Spiessen (The Exercise of Arms)

Engraving; second state of three (New Hollstein)
26 × 18.6 cm (10.2 × 7.3 in)

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