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Claude Lorrain created this etching titled 'Three Goats' using brown ink on paper. Lorrain lived during a time when art was deeply intertwined with social status and power. He, however, often chose pastoral scenes depicting the lives of ordinary people. The goats in the foreground aren’t merely livestock; they represent a humble existence, a life lived close to the land. Look closely, and you might feel a connection to the quiet dignity of labor, the simplicity of rural life, and perhaps even question the values of a society obsessed with wealth and status. Lorrain invites us to reflect on what truly matters. Does fulfillment lie in grand estates, or in the simple act of tending to one's livelihood, as seen in the work of these goats?