Why it matters
A goat, its horns bound with red cloth representing the sins of the community, is driven into the wilderness, as described in Leviticus. Hunt began painting it on the shore of the Dead Sea.
Did you know?
- He worked on it from 1854 to 1856.
- A smaller, brighter version is in Manchester.
- This larger version was the one exhibited at the Royal Academy.
Based on the Wikipedia article The Scapegoat (painting) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
