Calphurnius, from "The Roman Heroes" — Hendrick Goltzius | DiscoverArt

Hendrick Goltzius

Calphurnius, from "The Roman Heroes"

1586

Engraving

36.6 × 23.4 cm (14.4 × 9.2 in)

SEE IT IN PERSON

In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York — check current display status with the museum.

View at metmuseum.org ↗︎Plan a visit ↗︎

Discover

Your feed Blog Museums & galleries Saved works

You

Account Community guidelines

DiscoverArt

A taste-graph discovery engine for art. Every work shown is a real object in a real museum — artwork images courtesy of their institutions’ open-access programs.

© Discover Art 2026Terms of Use Privacy Policy Cookie Policy

Discussion

Be the first to share your thoughts.

Sign in to join the discussion.

More by Hendrick Goltzius

Dying Adonis

The Fall of Man

The Fall of Man

Vertumnus and Pomona

Vertumnus and Pomona

Lot and his Daughters

Lot and his Daughters

Hans Bol

Captain of Infantry

Captain of Infantry

Hercules and Cacus

Hercules and Cacus

Landscape with Seated Couple

Landscape with Seated Couple

More like this

The Great Hercules or 'Knollenman'

Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617) — The Great Hercules or

Crucified Man

Melchior Lorck (Danish, 1526/27–after 1588) — Crucified Man

The Farnesian Hercules

Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617) — The Farnesian Hercule

Plate 4: Apollo; statue of the nude god standing on a socle, wearing a crown and holding a scepter in his right hand and an orb in his left; from 'Statues of Roman Gods' after Jacques Jonghelinck

Philips Galle|Jacques Jonghelinck|Philips Galle — Plate 4: A

A naked man (Ignudo), twisting towards the right, holding drapery, after Michelangelo's 'The Last Judgment' fresco in the Sistine Chapel

Cherubino Alberti (Zaccaria Mattia)|Michelangelo Buonarroti|

Man with a Flag

Agostino Veneziano (Agostino dei Musi)|Raphael (Raffaello Sa

Hercules and Telephos

Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617) — Hercules and Telephos

Joseph of Arimathea, after Michelangelo's Crucifixion fresco in the Cappella Paolina, Vatican

Nicolas Beatrizet|Michelangelo Buonarroti — Joseph of Arimat

War, from Virtues and Vices

Jacques de Gheyn II|Zacharias Dolendo — War, from Virtues an

Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Hercules Colossus at Padua (L'Ercole di casa Benavides a Padova)

Enea Vico|Bartolomeo Ammanati (Ammannati)|Antonio Lafreri|Pi

A Warrior

Agostino Veneziano (Agostino dei Musi)|Raphael (Raffaello Sa

Hercules with his Club and Lion Skin

Baccio Bandinelli|Anonymous, 16th century — Hercules with hi