The Scapegoat

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The Scapegoat is a famous 1856 painting by Pre-Raphaelite artist William Holman Hunt depicting a lone goat symbolically burdened with the sins of the people in a desolate landscape.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf painting
basedOn Biblical scapegoat ritual
Book of Leviticus
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
creator William Holman Hunt
depicts desolate landscape
goat
scapegoat
symbolic burden of sins
symbolic representation of the sins of the people
describedBySource art historical literature
genre religious painting
symbolic painting
hasQuality religious allegory
symbolism
hasTitle The Scapegoat
inception 1856
languageOfWorkOrName English
mainSubject atonement
exile
sacrifice
sin
movement Pre-Raphaelite
notableWorkOf William Holman Hunt
partOf Pre-Raphaelite art

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Pre-Raphaelite art
William Holman Hunt
notableWork
The Scapegoat
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