The Sleeping Congregation

Minneapolis Institute of Art

The Sleeping Congregation

William HogarthLinkedCulture matchlcp-70b8540a7a59

Date
1728
Medium
Oil on canvas
Department
European Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID
10451

This rough oil sketch is Hogarth’s earliest dated painting. As a social satirist, Hogarth favored familiar, everyday subjects presented with a wry, comic twist. Here, the minister’s dull sermon has put the entire congregation to sleep before he is halfway through (note the hourglass by the pulpit). England, Europe

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Gift of Mrs. Lyndon M. King

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