A soldier blowing on a match, from the Musketeers series, plate 40, in Wapenhandelinghe van Roers Musquetten Ende Spiessen (The Exercise of Arms)
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: Wapenhandelinghe van Roers Musquetten Ende Spiessen (The Exercise of Arms)
Artist: Jacques de Gheyn II
Artist bio: Netherlandish, Antwerp 1565–1629 The Hague
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Netherlandish
Medium: Engraving; third state of five (New Hollstein)
Dimensions: plate: 10 9/16 x 7 1/2 in. (26.9 x 19.1 cm)
sheet: 13 13/16 x 10 1/2 in. (35.1 x 26.7 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession year: 2012
Tags: Soldiers|Firearms|Swords|Portraits