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Auction 128, Lot 911
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"[Lot of 2 - Dutch Musketeer and Pikeman]"

Subject: Prints Military

Period: 1619 (circa)

Publication: Wapenhandelinghe or The Exercise of Armes

Color: Hand Color

Size:
7 x 10 inches
17.8 x 25.4 cm
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This pair of fine engravings is by Jacques de Gheyn II, an important Dutch artist and engraver. He produced 117 engravings for this influential military manual intended for the instruction of Dutch armies in their retaliation against Spanish rule. Plate #14 shows a musketeer and plate #18 depicts a pikeman.

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Condition: A

Superb original color. There are some tears and worm holes in the blank margins, not affecting the engravings.

Estimate: $200 - $300

Sold for: $150

Closed on 5/20/2009

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