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)

Jacob de Gheyn II1575/1629

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Title: 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)
Creator: Jacques de Gheyn II|Jacques de Gheyn II
Date Created: 1575/1629
Physical 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)
Type: Print
External Link: http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/397372
Medium: Engraving; second state of two (New Hollstein)
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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