Graphite, ink and watercolour on paper
Tate Collection
Works with images
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Christ in House His Parents
Bequeathed by H.F. Stephens 1932
actions: expressive
actions: postures and motions
adults
animals: birds
animals: mammals
architecture
basket
bench
Bible: New Testament
bird - non-specific
bleeding
boy
children
Christ
Christian congregation - sheep
comforting
Crucifixion - wood, nails
diseases and conditions
domestic
family
family
features
flower
furnishings
halo
hammer
hand / hands raised
Holy Family
interiors
kissing
kneeling
ladder
man
objects
people
pincers / pliers
plants and flowers
religion and belief
religious
Saints
sewing
sheep
society
St Anne
St Joseph
symbols and personifications
tool
tools and machinery
townscapes / man-made features
universal religious imagery
vessels and containers
Virgin Mary
well
window
woman
woman, old
work and occupations
workshop
workspaces
wounded
<p>Millais and his Pre-Raphaelite associates used drawings to explore fresh ways of designing subject pictures and to break conventions. Changes to <span>Study for ‘Christ in the House of His Parents’</span> in the area of the bench, for example, show Millais trying out new ideas. As a result he was able to create an image which is at once an everyday scene of the childhood of Jesus and a striking pattern; the family radiate out from the central figure of Christ. This drawing was developed into an oil painting now in the Tate collection.</p><p><em>Gallery label, October 2013</em></p>
paper unique graphite ink watercolour
12 July 2003 – 15 August 2004
2004-08-15
12 July 2003 – 28 September 2003
2003-09-28
2003-07-12
Art Gallery of Western Australia (Perth, Australia)
25 October 2003 – 15 February 2004
2004-02-15
2003-10-25
Dunedin Public Art Gallery (Dunedin, New Zealand)
http://www.dunedin.art.museum
14 May 2004 – 15 August 2004
2004-08-15
2004-05-14
Frist Center for the Visual Arts (Nashville, USA)
2003-07-12
The Pre-Raphaelite Dream: Paintings and Drawings from the Tate Collection
Tate partnerships & programmes
26 September 2007 – 26 October 2008
2008-10-26
26 September 2007 – 13 January 2008
2008-01-13
2007-09-26
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
15 February 2008 – 18 May 2008
2008-05-18
2008-02-15
Van Gogh Museum (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/
7 June 2008 – 17 August 2008
2008-08-17
2008-06-07
Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art (Kitakyushu-City, Japan)
30 August 2008 – 26 October 2008
2008-10-26
2008-08-30
Bunkamura Museum of Art (Tokyo, Japan)
2007-09-26
Millais
Exhibition
15 February 2008 – 26 October 2008
2008-10-26
15 February 2008 – 18 May 2008
2008-05-18
2008-02-15
Van Gogh Museum (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/
7 June 2008 – 17 August 2008
2008-08-17
2008-06-07
Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art (Kitakyushu-City, Japan)
30 August 2008 – 26 October 2008
2008-10-26
2008-08-30
Bunkamura Museum of Art (Tokyo, Japan)
2008-02-15
Millais
Loan-out
22 January 2010 – 25 July 2010
2010-07-25
22 January 2010 – 11 April 2010
2010-04-11
2010-01-22
Deutsche Guggenheim (Berlin, Germany)
30 April 2010 – 25 July 2010
2010-07-25
2010-04-30
Peggy Guggenheim Collection (Venice, Italy)
http://www.guggenheim-venice.it/
2010-01-22
Utopia Matters
Loan-out
12 September 2012 – 31 January 2014
2014-01-31
25 January 2014 – 6 April 2014
2014-04-06
2014-01-25
Mori Arts Centre (Tokyo, Japan)
19 April 2014 – 13 July 2014
2014-07-13
2014-04-19
Palazzo Chiablese (Turin, Italy)
2012-09-12
Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Avant-Garde
Exhibition
17 February 2013 – 31 August 2014
2014-08-31
25 January 2014 – 6 April 2014
2014-04-06
2014-01-25
Mori Arts Centre (Tokyo, Japan)
19 April 2014 – 13 July 2014
2014-07-13
2014-04-19
Palazzo Chiablese (Turin, Italy)
2013-02-17
Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Avant-Garde
Loan-out
20 April 2015 – 7 May 2017
2017-05-07
1 March 2015 – 7 May 2017
2017-05-07
2015-03-01
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2015-04-20
Pre Raphaelite Works on Paper
Collection based display
14 December 2018 – 19 September 2021
2021-09-19
19 June 2019 – 6 October 2019
2019-10-06
2019-06-19
Palazzo Reale (Milan, Italy)
13 May 2021 – 19 September 2021
2021-09-19
2021-05-13
Hungarian National Gallery (Budapest, Hungary)
2018-12-14
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
Tate partnerships & programmes
6 April 2023 – 24 September 2023
2023-09-24
6 April 2023 – 24 September 2023
2023-09-24
2023-04-06
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2023-04-06
The Rossettis
Exhibition
Study for ‘Christ in the House of His Parents’
support: 190 × 337 mm
Bequeathed by H.F. Stephens 1932
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<p>Millais and his Pre-Raphaelite associates used drawings to explore fresh ways of designing subject pictures and to break conventions. Changes to <i>Study for ‘Christ in the House of His Parents’</i> in the area of the bench, for example, show Millais trying out new ideas. As a result he was able to create an image which is at once an everyday scene of the childhood of Jesus and a striking pattern; the family radiate out from the central figure of Christ. This drawing was developed into an oil painting now in the Tate collection.</p>
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actions: expressive actions: postures and motions adults animals: birds animals: mammals architecture basket bench Bible: New Testament bird - non-specific bleeding boy children Christ Christian congregation - sheep comforting Crucifixion - wood, nails diseases and conditions domestic family family features flower furnishings halo hammer hand / hands raised Holy Family interiors kissing kneeling ladder man objects people pincers / pliers plants and flowers religion and belief religious Saints sewing sheep society St Anne St Joseph symbols and personifications tool tools and machinery townscapes / man-made features universal religious imagery vessels and containers Virgin Mary well window woman woman, old work and occupations workshop workspaces wounded