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)
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: Wapenhandelinghe van Roers Musquetten Ende Spiessen (The Exercise of Arms)
Artist: Jacques de Gheyn II|Jacques de Gheyn II
Artist bio: Netherlandish, Antwerp 1565–1629 The Hague|Netherlandish, Antwerp 1565–1629 The Hague
Artist role: Artist|Artist
Artist nationality: Netherlandish|Netherlandish
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
Credit line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession year: 2012
Tags: Soldiers|Weapons