Not particularly, though the “sad clown” image is invoked frequently in popular media.
Jerry Lewis was recently in the news concerning a newly discovered scene from his infamous movie about a clown who lead children to the gas chamber during Nazi Germany.
The film has only been seen in private screenings.
And there’s the song released by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, “Tears of a Clown”, inspired by the Italian opera “Pagliacci”. Pagliacci, Smokey explained, was a famous clown who was sad and lonely when he wasn’t a clown.