Identification title(s): the exercise with shield and spear: the soldier standing with the spear resting on the ground next to the right foot (no. 30), 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-004-30. Catalog reference: fmh 1116-a/30. Description: the exercise with shield and spear: the soldier standing with the spear resting on the ground next to the right foot, 1618. Part of the illustrations in: adam van breen, de nassausche wapen-handelinge, 1618, plate no. 30. Military 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 190 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. 30. 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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