Christ in the House of His Parents - A painting that shocked Victorian England

Christ in the House of His Parents by Sir John Everett Millais - @christianart screenshot

Fr Patrick van der Vorst of @christianart visits Tate Britain to reflect on one of the most striking-and once controversial-religious paintings of the Victorian era: Christ in the House of His Parents by Sir John Everett Millais.

This painting, also known as The Carpenter's Shop, is a cornerstone of the Pre-Raphaelite movement and one of the best-recognised works of that period. Millais, a founding member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, painted the Holy Family in a raw and radically naturalistic way-departing from classical, idealised portrayals. His goal, and that of his fellow Brotherhood members, was to revive artistic styles from before the High Renaissance-before Raphael, after whom the movement was named.

Standing in Tate Britain's Pre-Raphaelite gallery, surrounded by luminous works by Millais, Holman Hunt, and Rossetti, Fr Patrick explores how this painting invites us into a moment of quiet drama and theological depth.

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