Identification title(s): the exercise with shield and spear: five soldiers standing next to each other in line with the spear in the right hand resting on the ground and the shield in front of the chest (no. 31), 1618. De nassausche wapen-handelinge, van schilt, spies, rappier ende targe: both figuerlick depicted, and the frame after the new order [of] (. . ) maurits van nassau (title on object). Object type: print object number: bi-b-fm-004-31. Catalog reference: fmh 1116-a/31. Description: the exercise with shield and spear: five soldiers standing next to each other in line with the spear in the right hand resting on the ground and the shield in front of the chest, 1618. Large print of two sheets stuck together. Part of the illustrations in: adam van breen, de nassausche wapen-handelinge, 1618, plate no. 31. Military system around 1600. Manufacture. Manufacturer: after a design by: adam van breen printmaker: anonymous, publisher: aert meuris grantor of privilege: matthias of austria (roman-german emperor), grantor of privilege: louis xiii (king of france), grantor of privilege: states general of the united netherlands. Place of manufacture: after a design by: northern netherlands, printmaker: northern netherlands, publisher: the hague. Dating: 1616 - 1618. Physical features: engraving. Material: paper technique: engraving (printing process). Dimensions: plate edge: h 260 mm × w 480 mm explanation illustration in: adam van breen, de nassausche wapen-handelinge, van schilt, spies, rappier and the targe: both figuerlick depicted, and the frame after the new arrangement [of]. Maurits van nassau, the hague, [aert meuris] 1618, plate no. 31. In the copy in the collection of the rijksmuseum research library (326 f 22). Subject: what: handling of weapons ~ military training, weapons, eighty years' war. When: 1600 - 1618. Who: maurits (prince of orange). Acquisition: purchase 1881. Date: between 1616 and 1618.
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