The Exercise of Armes

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The Exercise of Armes

Jacob de Gheyn IILinkedCulture matchlcp-1e09998c4abf

Date
1607
Medium
leather bound paper, 117 engraved plates
Culture
Netherlands, The Hague
Department
Medieval Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
451796

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The Exercise of Armes, published in 1607–8, is one of the most famous manuals of arms. Jacob De Gheyn's book became popular all over Europe and was quickly translated into several languages. Its 117 copper engravings portray the step-by-step sequence for training foot soldiers in the handling of standard weaponry of 17th-century warfare: muskets, matchlock or calivers, and pikes. The depiction of the soldiers in this book inspired Rembrandt when painting his famous The Night Watch .

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Credit line
Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund
Provenance
Jacob de Gheyn II (1565-1629)?, The Hague, Netherlands | Sir John Claxton (1550-1657), Durham, England | Sir Henry Edward Bunbury, 7th Baronet (1778–1860), Barton Hall, Bury, Suffolk | -1898 or 1922: Possibly Pickering & Chatto in 1898 or E. Parsons, London, 28 October 1922, sold to Thomas Francis Fremantle | 1898 or 1922-: Thomas Francis Fremantle, Lord Cottesloe (1862-1956), London, England | November 19, 2019: (Sale: Sotheby's, London, November 19, 2019, Lot 216) | 2019-2022: Sokol Books, London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 2022-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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