Standing Officer Holding a Boar's Spear

1586

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, red chalk with traces of white opaque watercolor over black chalk, on paper; traces of transfer

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

This military officer brandishes a type of spear used for boar hunting, in which the two lugs on the blade were meant to keep the animal from pushing its way up the spear to attack the hunter.

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

This military officer brandishes a type of spear used for boar hunting, in which the two lugs on the blade were meant to keep the animal from pushing its way up the spear to attack the hunter.

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