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What is the subject of Millais's controversial painting'Christ in the House of His Parents'?
The Crucifixion
The Birth of Christ
The Last Supper
Jesus at his parent's home as a child
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Christ in the House of His Parents, painted by John Everett Millais in 1849–50, is a painting of Jesus as a child in the carpenter's shop of his father, Joseph. The painting was controversial for its depiction of Jesus as a dirty, ragged boy, and it was attacked by critics for its realism and lack of reverence.
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