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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.
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| Medium | paper (fiber product) |
| Dimensions | 51 × 39 Cm |
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Given by the artist to Dr....
Given by the artist to Dr. Munro [1792 auc. cat.]. (John?) Greenwood
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given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2011.
given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2011.
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Art Institute of Chicago, "Drawings in Dialogue: Old Master Through Modern, The Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection, " June 3–July 30, 2006, p. 38, cat. 39 (ill.).
Art Institute of Chicago, "Drawings in Dialogue: Old Master Through Modern, The Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection," June 3–July 30, 2006, p. 38, cat. 39 (ill.).
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Suzanne Folds McCullagh
Suzanne Folds McCullagh (ed.), Drawings in Dialogue: Old Master Through Modern, The Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection, exh. cat. (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 2006), p. 68, cat. 39 (ill.).
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A.P. Oppe, The Drawings of William Hogarth
A.P. Oppe, The Drawings of William Hogarth (New York, 1948), p. 46.
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sold, Sotheby’s, London, May 15, 1905, lot 99, to Harvey [London 1975 auc....
sold, Sotheby’s, London, May 15, 1905, lot 99, to Harvey [London 1975 auc. cat.]. Sold, Christie’s, London, June 17, 1975, lot 59, to P. & D. Colnaghi, London, for Dorothy Braude Edinburg, Brookline, MA
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Clovis Whitfield, “William Hogarth’s ‘Paul Before Felix’ at Lincoln’s Inn,” Burlington Magazine 113
Clovis Whitfield, “William Hogarth’s ‘Paul Before Felix’ at Lincoln’s Inn,” Burlington Magazine 113 (Mar. 1971), p. 210, fig. 54.
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sold, Apr....
sold, Apr. 30, 1792, lot 48. W. Willett, 1862. Edward Cheney [inscription and initials on the reverse]. F. Capel Cure
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