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Painting of a bowed, seated nude man with a staff beside a dark goat and a pale sheep in an open landscape.

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A nude young man sits on a rock with his head bowed and his hands clasped, holding a long staff, while a dark goat and a pale sheep graze nearby on dry ground. A shrub and distant hills frame the scene under a pale blue sky with warm light near the horizon.

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Date

1787

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Wikimedia Commons

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Public domain

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