Antique Master Print-MILITARY-PL-31-De Gheyn-1608

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’31’

– A soldier standing upright, holding a firearm vertically in one hand and a lit match cord in the other, demonstrating readiness for action.

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A soldier standing upright, holding a firearm vertically in one hand and a lit match cord in the other, demonstrating readiness for action.

Made by Jacques / Jacob de Gheyn II after own design.

Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper. Watermark: Pot watermark.

Sheet size: 21.2 x 30.7 cm (8.35 x 12.09 inch). Image size: 18.3 x 25.3 cm. (7.2 x 9.96 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light soiling. Print trimmed and attached to a carrier. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

MILITARY, JACOB DE GHEYN II, FIREARM, 16TH-17TH CENTURY, ENGRAVING, TRAINING | PCO-EXPO (DUTCH)

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

‘Wapenhandelinghe van roers, musquetten ende spiessen: achtervolgende de ordre van Syn Excellentie Maurits, Prince van Orangie, Grave van Nassau & Gouveneur ende Capiteyn Generaal over Gelderlant, Hollant, Zeelant, Utrecht, Overijssel.’, by Jacob de Gheyn II, published in The Hague in 1607, 3 parts. (2nd. ed. in 1608). Containing 117 plates. We do not know the exact ed. of these plates, but as they are plate numbered we assume 1608. (Exercise of arms part of the lancers handling the pike / lansquenets / lance.).

Biography engraver: Jacques/Jacob de Gheyn II (Antwerp c. 1565 ? The Hague 1629) was a Dutch painter and engraver, whose work shows the transition from Nothern Mannerism to Dutch Realism over the course of his career. He studied under Hendrik Goltzius in Haarlem.

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Dimensions 30 × 21 × 1 cm

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