--- title: 17th-century Musketeer Loading His Weapon author: Metropolitan Museum of Art source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15132/17th-century-musketeer-loading-his-weapon/ format: machine-readable-alternate updated: 1970-01-01 --- # 17th-century Musketeer Loading His Weapon _Authored by Metropolitan Museum of Art_ ## Image File [![17th-century Musketeer Loading His Weapon](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/15132.png)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/15132.png) ## Image Caption An illustration of a 17th-century musketeer loading his weapon. From a series of engravings in a Dutch 1608 arms manual *The Exercise of Arms*. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) ## Cite This Work ### APA Art, M. M. o. (2022, January 14). 17th-century Musketeer Loading His Weapon. *World History Encyclopedia*. ### Chicago Art, Metropolitan Museum of. "17th-century Musketeer Loading His Weapon." *World History Encyclopedia*, January 14, 2022. . ### MLA Art, Metropolitan Museum of. "17th-century Musketeer Loading His Weapon." *World History Encyclopedia*, 14 Jan 2022, . ## License & Copyright © [Metropolitan Museum of Art](http://metmuseum.org/), NY. As part of the [Met's Open Access policy](https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/policies-and-documents/open-access), the Metropolitan Museum of Art has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this dataset. [Original image](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/397376?searchField=All&sortBy=Relevance&ao=on&ft=musketeer&offset=40&rpp=20&pos=41) by [**Metropolitan Museum of Art**](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/397376?searchField=All&sortBy=Relevance&ao=on&ft=musketeer&offset=40&rpp=20&pos=41). Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 14 January 2022. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Copyright](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright). You cannot use, copy, distribute, or modify this item without explicit permission from the author. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.