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)

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) by 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)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011

Accession Number

2012.136.353.1

Tags

SoldiersWeapons

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