These engravings by Hans Burgkmair, 1516, for the Emperor Maximilian, range among the earliest depictions of organized troops of Landsknecht pikemen foot soldiers (Spiessknechte) in battle.
The earliest illustrations of such scenes are, as far as I remember, those by Diebold Schilling in both his Berne (1480) and Lucerne (1517) chronicles.
Best,
Michael
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