Christ in the House of His Parents (The Carpenter’s Shop) 1850

by John Everett Millais

Oil paint on canvas [br] This is Millais's first important religious subject, showing a scene from the boyhood of Christ. When it was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1850 it was given no title, but accompanied by a biblical quotation: 'And one shall say unto him, What are those wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of m...

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Ioanna KarantagliConservator (76)
9 years ago
This painting was first publicly presented at Royal Academy. Millais' unidealized figures, to many critics, appeared too life-like. The result was an accusation from the editor of House -hold Words, Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870), that the painting was blasphemous. He accused Millais of depicting Jesus as a "hideous, wry-necked, blubbering, red -haired boy in a night-gown" (Parris, 1984). Despite the repercussions of the author's words, Millai's later become close friends with Dickens.