A soldier sliding his right hand along the training-pike, from the Lansquenets series, plate 22, in Wapenhandelinghe van Roers Musquetten Ende Spiessen (The Exercise of Arms)

A soldier sliding his right hand along the training-pike, from the Lansquenets series, plate 22, 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 three (New Hollstein)

Dimensions

plate: 10 7/16 x 7 5/8 in. (26.5 x 19.3 cm) sheet: 13 7/8 x 10 5/8 in. (35.2 x 27 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011

Accession Number

2012.136.353.6

Tags

SoldiersWeapons

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