Soldier holding his helm with his left hand angled upward, Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1596 - 1606 , The Jacques de Gheyn (II) Collection - room 6

Soldier holding his helm with his left hand angled upward, Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1596 - 1606

Soldier holding his helm with his left hand angled upward, Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1596 - 1606 — Soldier holding his helm with his left hand angled upward

Painter: Jacques de Gheyn (II)
Year: 1596 - 1606
Medium: pen

Description: A soldier, full-length, facing right, holding a helm (a certain type of firearm) with his left hand, after he has fired, the barrel pointing diagonally upward to avoid unintentionally wounding a companion (no. 12), ca. 1600. In his left hand, in addition to the helm, a burning wick. Design drawing for plate 12 in the instructions for handling the helm in J. de Gheyn's Wapenhandelinghe (1607). Warfare around 1600. Design for a print.

The Jacques de Gheyn (II) Collection Catalog

Room 1

Spanish Warhorse

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1603
Venus and Amor

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1605 - 1610
Design for the Last Print in the Series Omnium rerum vicissitudo est

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1596 - 1597
Portrait of middle-aged man wearing a hat

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1575 - 1625
Four Studies of an Amputated Human Right Arm

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1615
Johannes Hallinck and a woman with child

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1599
Two brambles

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1575 - 1625
Study of a tree trunk with roots

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1575 - 1625
Chestnut tree with some trees around it

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1598 - 1608
Study of a tree trunk

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1598 - 1608
Standing Female Nude

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1575 - 1679
Landscape with steep rock formations along a river

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1603

Room 2

Vertumnus and Pomona

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1575 - 1679
Soldier removing his ramrod from its holder under the barrel of his helm

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1596 - 1606
Lamentation of Christ

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1620 - 1625
Lamentation of Christ

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1620 - 1625
Two folded hands

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1575 - 1625
Standing Bishop

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1575 - 1679
Young man standing

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1598 - 1608
Portrait of an unknown man

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1591 - 1601
Portrait of Pieter Hugo de Bois

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1591 - 1601
Four studies of a frog

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1600 - 1604
The farm

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1603
Two Studies of a Dead Bird

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1575 - 1625

Room 3

Woman and Death

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1600
Woman on her deathbed

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1596 - 1601
Portrait of a distinguished woman

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1575 - 1625
Portrait of a man on his deathbed

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1575 - 1625
Portrait of Prince Maurice and a ring with his effigy

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1613 - 1623
Portrait of an old man

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1600 - 1605
Study of hands and figures

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1604
Soldier lifting his spear with both hands horizontally above his right shoulder

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1596 - 1606
Two court ladies and a distinguished woman in mourning dress (Amalia of Solms?)

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1625
Portrait of Prince Maurice on His Deathbed

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1625
Portrait of an unknown man

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1575 - 1679
Soldier carrying his musket on his shoulder

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1596 - 1606

Room 4

Soldier pouring gunpowder into the pan of his musket

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1596 - 1606
Soldier with a musket grabbing his fuse

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1596 - 1606
Soldier on guard giving the fuse on the cock of his musket the proper place and shape

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1596 - 1606
Soldier closing the pan of his musket

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1596 - 1606
Soldier holding his musket with both hands by his left thigh

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1596 - 1606
Soldaat die zijn spies bijna horizontaal boven zijn rechterschouder draagt

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1596 - 1606
Soldier, seen from the front, holding his spear with both hands upright in front of him slightly above the ground

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1596 - 1606
Soldier holding his musket with both hands upright in front of him

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1596 - 1606
Soldier holding his musket with his left hand by his right side

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1596 - 1606
Vreedsamich Paer

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1605 - 1615
Study of a skull

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1575 - 1625
Three men standing

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1598 - 1603

Room 5

Trumpeter

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1575 - 1629
Four studies of a diseased mouse

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1575 - 1625
Portret van Henri de Bourbon, Prince de Condé

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1594 - 1599
Soldier carrying his spear with both hands far apart above his right shoulder, the point pointed diagonally toward the ground

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1596 - 1606
Soldier carrying his spear horizontally on his right shoulder

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1596 - 1606
Soldier carrying his spear with both hands by his right side, the tip angled upward and near his abdomen

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1596 - 1606
Soldier carrying his spear with both hands horizontal at shoulder height, his right hand at the base of the weapon

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1596 - 1606
Soldier carrying his spear with his left hand by his right side, the point pointed diagonally upward

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1596 - 1606
Soldier, seen from behind, holding his spear upright with his right hand

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1596 - 1606
Soldier holding his musket upright with his left hand

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1596 - 1606
Soldier with a musket opening a powder measure

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1596 - 1606
Soldier releasing his fuse from the cock of his musket

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1596 - 1606

Room 6

Soldier pushing gunpowder and bullet into the barrel of his helm with his ramrod

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1596 - 1606
Soldier holding his helm with his left hand angled upward

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1596 - 1606
Vanitas

Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1580 - 1595

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