Marcus Calphurnius Flama (Plate 8 from "Roman Heroes") / Hendrick Goltzius
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- Accession Number
- 1989/1.61
- Title
- Marcus Calphurnius Flama (Plate 8 from "Roman Heroes")
- Artist
- Hendrick Goltzius
- Artist Nationality
- Dutch
- Artist Life Dates
- 1558 - 1617
- Medium and Support
- engraving on white laid paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1586
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- Netherlands (nation)
- North Holland (province)
- Haarlem (inhabited place)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Netherlands (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- North Holland (province)
- Creation Place 4
- Haarlem (inhabited place)
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Style/Group/Movement
- Mannerist
- Inscription
- Signed in plate, monogram, l.c.: HG fecit Numbered, l.l.: 8 Inscribed in bottom margin: Calphurni virtate locis ereptus iniquis, / Expes Attilius lacta trophaca tulit. / Haec laus
- Dimensions
- 40.1 cm x 27 cm (15 13/16 in. x 10 5/8 in.)
- Century
- 16th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Physical Description
- A muscular man towers over a mountainous landscape in this engraving. Clothed only in a helmet, sandals, and flowing cape, his startling physique is on full display. He grasps a sword and shield and strides vigorously toward the background, where a knot of men battle at the foot of a mountain.
- Subject Matter
- Goltzius depicted Marcus Calphurnius Flama in the eighth in a series of ten prints representing heroes of the Roman Republic. Flama earned his fame for rescuing a Roman consul from an ambush by the Carthaginians during the First Punic War (264-241 BCE) against overwhelming odds, a military feat glimpsed in the background.
- Goltzius's contemporaries coined the term "Knollenstil," or "knobby style," to describe the exaggerated muscularity of Flama and other male figures that Goltzius engraved in the late 1580s. The powerful anatomy of such figures indicated their physical might and heroism, while also offering Goltzius an opportunity to display his artistic prowess. Perhaps with an eye toward securing a wealthy patron, Goltzius dedicated the "Roman Heroes" series to the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolph II, thereby associating the emperor with these ancient exemplars of military virtue.
- Primary Keywords
- helmets
- armor (protective wear)
- battles
- engraving (printing process)
- mannerist
- mountains
- nudes
- wars
- Secondary Keywords
- neck and head
- upward
- armed conflicts
- armor by form
- body armor
- buildings and the land
- costume
- costume by function
- descriptors
- european
- european styles and periods
- events
- figures (representations)
- image-making processes and techniques
- intaglio printing processes
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people and culture
- printing and printing processes and techniques
- printing processes
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- protective wear
- renaissance-baroque styles
- renaissance-baroque styles and periods
- settlements and landscapes
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- visual works by subject type
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 989 x 1467
- File Size
- 222 KB
- Record
- 1989/1.61
- Link to this Item
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"Marcus Calphurnius Flama (Plate 8 from "Roman Heroes"); Hendrick Goltzius." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1989-sl-1.61/1989_1.61.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 20, 2024.
