Animalia: Three Goats

Nicolaes Berchem

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image depicts three goats. Two are sitting on the left and center of the image; one on the left lies down and faces right; the other on the center sits hunched over, facing right; and the third goat stands on the right, facing left. The standing goat has long hair covering its body and long curved horns protruding from its head. The two sitting goats have shorter hair and shorter horns, the goat on the left is smaller. The background shows grass on the ground and a tree trunk on the left. The image is drawn in black ink on a white background, with the artist's signature in the bottom-right corner.