Identification title(s): soldier holding his helm with both hands upright in front of him. Correct education on the detailed images, interested in the right way of the roers (original series title). Object type: print serial number: 20/42object number: ng-2016-65-21. Catalog reference: new hollstein dutch 360-1(2). Description: a soldier, full-length, facing right, holding a rudder (a type of firearm) with both hands in front of him, the barrel pointing upwards, to bring it to his left. In his left hand, in addition to the barrel of the rudder, there is also a burning fuse. This print is part of the series of 42 hand-numbered prints of gunners in the wapenhandelinghe. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: jacob de gheyn (ii) (studio of), after a drawing by: jacob de gheyn (ii). Place of manufacture: the hague. Dating: ca. 1597 - 1607. Physical features: engraving, hand-colored. Material: paper technique: engraving (printing process) / hand coloring. Dimensions: h 360 mm × w 260 mm. Subject: what: handling of weapons ~ military trainingfirearms: rifle. Eighty years' war. Credit line: purchase with support from the johan huizinga fund/rijksmuseum fund and the f. G. Waller fund. Acquisition: purchase december 22, 2016. Date: between circa 1597 and circa 1607.
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