Shepherd Struggling with a Goat (Berger luttant avec sa chevre)

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

National Gallery of Art

The image shows a coastal area from a slightly elevated perspective. The horizon is low and mostly hidden by the landscape's features. A steep hill or rocky cliff is on the right, sketched with diagonal hatching for texture. In the distance, a building sits on the hillside. Trees on the left are drawn with thin lines. A figure and an animal are off-center to the right, represented with quick strokes. The color palette is monochromatic, using black ink on a pale background.