A soldier holding his caliver, from the Marksmen series, plate 1, in Waffenhandlung von den Rören Musquetten undt Spiessen / Wapenhandelinghe van Roers Musquetten Ende Spiessen (The Exercise of Arms)
Medium
Engraving; third state of three (New Hollstein)
Dimensions
Sheet: 10 3/16 × 7 1/4 in. (25.8 × 18.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Accession Number
49.95.1112
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the disciplined world of early modern warfare with *A soldier holding his caliver, from the Marksmen series, plate 1*, an engraving by Jacques de Gheyn II, with Robert Willemsz de Baudous as engraver. Published in 1608 as part of the influential manual *Waffenhandlung von den Rören Musquetten undt Spiessen* (The Exercise of Arms), this third-state impression captures a lone soldier gripping his caliver—a light arquebus, predecessor to the musket—in a poised stance. Measuring just 10 3/16 × 7 1/4 inches, its compact sheet belies the precision packed into every line. Created amid the ...