Marcus Furius Camillus arriveert in Rome

A dynamic engraving showing Camillus interrupting a transaction where soldiers are weighing gold vessels on a large balance scale. The scene is filled with figures in elaborate Roman armor, featuring the muscular anatomy and dense arrangement of figures typical of the late 16th-century Haarlem style. A Latin inscription at the bottom indicates the work was dedicated by Hendrik Goltzius to young painters as a model of the style of Polidoro da Caravaggio.

This print illustrates the Neo-Stoic interest in Roman civic virtue (exempla virtutis), a central theme in the intellectual and philosophical circles of the late 16th-century Netherlands. It also serves as a pedagogical tool within the Haarlem Mannerist circle, linking Northern printmaking to the classical heritage of the Italian Renaissance.