Beschrijving
Weeping and Laughing. A clergyman makes a bet that he can give a sermon that will cause half the congregation to laugh and half to weep. Or, a clergyman wants to show his bishop (the lord of the area) how badly his congregation behaves.
He preaches a moving sermon that causes half his audience to weep. But he wears no trousers under his gown (he has fastened an animal’s tail to the seat of his trousers), so that the part of the audience that is behind him breaks out in laughter (the bishop is seated where he cannot see why the people are laughing) [X416].
He preaches a moving sermon that causes half his audience to weep. But he wears no trousers under his gown (he has fastened an animal’s tail to the seat of his trousers), so that the part of the audience that is behind him breaks out in laughter (the bishop is seated where he cannot see why the people are laughing) [X416].
Motief
X416
Commentaar
Early version see Girolamo Morlini (No. 44).
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
1828*
Subgenre
mop