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Herdsman with a goat

Herdsman with a goat

Reign of Akhenaten, 1353–1336 B.C.
Limestone
Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation.
Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York

Amarna style

Both this balding, bearded herdsman and his grazing goat seem to be specific individuals, caught at a particular moment. Their poses and expressions have the naturalism often characteristic of everyday scenes from Amarna.