Paul Before Felix
William Hogarth English, 1697–1764
c. 1751
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About this work
Around 1747 William Hogarth completed a series of history paintings that were much more serious in tone than the satirical works on which he had built his fame. This drawing and Moses Brought to Pharaoh’s Daughter (2013.951) were both likely made after those paintings as studies for engravings. Paul before Felix, showing the apostle’s self-defense, was commissioned for the chapel of Lincoln’s Inn, where lawyers were admitted to the bar. Moses was similarly appropriate for its location, the London Foundling’s Hospital, as it shows the prophet’s mother reluctantly giving him up for adoption.
- Artist
- William Hogarth
- Date
- c. 1751
- Medium
- Various red chalks on cream laid paper
- Origin
- England
- Collection
- Prints and Drawings
- Reference
- 2011.641 · Art Institute of Chicago