An Officer Dictating a Letter (c.1656), Gerard ter Borch (1617 – 1681), National Gallery London. oil on canvas.

 

Dutch infantry at Fontenoy

 Order of Battle for Fontenoy

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Dutch Guards at a funeral in 1752

 

Portrait of Ludolf Backhuysen II, Painter, in the Uniform of the Dragoons, Tibout Regters, 1748

 

Wars and Soldiers in the Early Reign of Louis XIV: Volume 1 - The Army of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, 1660-1687 (Century of the Soldier)

 This is useful for the Netherlands forces. Hard to believe this came out five years ago. Pick up a cheap copy from Amazon.

[Recueil. Uniformes militaires hollandais, 1672-1675 : 17 aquarelles originales de l'époque.]

 These are interesting. 

William of Orange before the royal seat of Bonn - a painting by Huchtenburg

 Thought it would be interesting to see what was going on in 1673. This happened in November. Siege of Bonn.

Earlier in the year was the siege of Naarden. All part of the Franco-Dutch War.

A Dutch army officer in 1725

 Cornelis Troost - https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/SK-A-4200

Portrait of Gerrit Sichterman. oil on canvas . height: 69.5 cm (27.3 in); width: 56.5 cm (22.2 in) . Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.

Dutch drill book from 1669

 

Thanks to Edwin Grout for this. If you, like me, don't read Dutch you can enjoy the pictures.

Dutch Cuirassiers from Strelets-R

Update today from Strelets-R 

All our key persons are alive and doing reasonably well under the circumstances.
Orion/Red Box guy is OK as well.
Mars' boss left Odessa for Kamenets-Podolsky in W.Ukraine further away from hotspots.
 

Dutch drill figures from 1713

We probably have had these before but they recently came up again and I thought maybe they could do with a bit more attention. See more here

 

Cornelis Troost | Inspection of a Cavalry Regiment, perhaps by William of Hesse-Homburg, Cornelis Troost, 1742

Swiss in Dutch Service

Grenadiers, Infantry Regiments "Hirzel', 'Constant'(?) and 'Stuerler'(?). c. 1748

For books on the Dutch army in the War of Austrian Succession and later then these two books will fit the bill.

Wars and Soldiers in the Early Reign of Louis XIV: Volume 1 - The Army of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, 1660-1687 (Century of the Soldier)

Artist and Author is Bruno Mugnai.
   Hats off  to them - Helion have produced another classic study of an influential army. This is the best book of the year I have seen so far. There was a real need for a decent study on the enigmatic Dutch during the early wars of Louis XIV and this study fills the need admirably. The two crucial sections are the Dutch army on campaign detailing the activities in the period against France, Cologne and Munster and the other on the uniforms and equipment including the Provincial Militia (who were part of the unique Dutch military system) - these are the centrepieces of the book but there are also chapters including orders of battles and army lists. The Netherlands had some great artists working during this 'golden age' and many with military details are reproduced and analysed. The original illustrations by the author of the flags and soldiers are all masterful and full of detail for the costume historian or reenactor. This volume certainly bodes well for the series to come - filling a void with a depth and clarity that does the subject matter proud. I shall be definitely be looking out for further titles in the series.

For Orange and the States Part 2

Out now

A couple of interesting titles coming soon from Helion

News from Bruno Mugnai

For the 17th century Bruno Mugnai is one of the best artists there is so I was very interested in his news of a new series of books for the period 1658-1687 published by Helion. This should be useful for readers of this blog so I quote Bruno. 

'In the next month I am going to start the first part of a new project that will keep me engaged for a while. The series has the provisional title 'Armies of the Grand Siècle', and focuses on the period 1658-1687. These are the years of the dawn of the uniform, but they are also the less investigated in Military History. Several Romantic or Modern reconstructions codify the soldier of this age in an unrealistic and repetitive manner, while this was a period very complex and full of innovation, both for clothing and war equipment.

As Netherlands will be followed - obviously - by the French Army, then Spain and Portugal, Habsburg Austria, German States, Sweden, Denmark and others, including the Italian 'earth pots' such as Genoa, Tuscany, Papal States, Mantua, Parma, Modena, the Knights of Malta and Lucca, which will be included with the two 'major powers' Piedmont-Savoy and Venice.

Occasionally, I will publish something about the progress of the work and if the contributions will be in significant numbers, I will open a FB page devoted to this project.

Here you find a preview of the French mousquetaire of 1660, reconstructed after the drawings of Mallet and Marbot, '

Soldiers at Leisure

Of course this book looks ideal for anyone wanting to learn more about Guardroom paintings.

Anthonie Palamedes (1601-1673) A Guardroom Interior with a Company of Pikemen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthonie_Palamedes

Anthonie Palamedesz. (1601-1673) Guardroom Scene (1656)

Discovered these today - they're pretty good.

Gerard ter Borch, The messenger, known as 'The unwelcome message', 1653

Edwin of The year 1672 ~ Het Rampjaar
posted this and I thought I would share it. Wiki on the artist
Zoomable image here