Art for the Liturgical Year

Art for the Liturgical Year

Millais, Catholicism, and the Victorian Critics

On why the Victorian critics hated this painting

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Amelia McKee
Feb 21, 2025
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Christ in the House of his Parents by Sir John Everett Millais, c. 1850, the Tate Britain, London.
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In the Catholic Church, the month of February is devoted to the Holy Family. As of last Sunday, Septuagesima, we are also now preparing for Lent1. Christ in the House of His Parents by Sir John Everett Millais provides a fitting meditation for the season, as…

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