Cultural Depictions of Jesus - Examples

Examples

  • The Good Shepherd, a common image, probably not intended as a portrait of the historical Jesus. Ceiling of S. Callisto catacomb, mid 3rd century.

  • A representation of Jesus as the sun-god Helios/Sol Invictus riding in his chariot. Mosaic of the 3rd century on the Vatican grottoes under St. Peter's Basilica.

  • Mural painting from the catacomb of Commodilla. One of the first bearded images of Jesus, late 4th century.

  • Jesus depicted on an early 8th-century Byzantine coin. After the Byzantine iconoclasm all coins had Christ on them.

  • 11th-century Christ Pantocrator with the halo in a cross form, used throughout the Middle Ages. Characteristically, he is portrayed as similar in features and skin tone to the culture of the artist.

  • Christ in majesty, still with no beard, from an English 12th century illuminated manuscript.

  • An unusual image of Jesus as a medieval knight bearing an attributed coat of arms based on the Veil of Veronica

  • The Baptism of Christ, by Piero della Francesca, 1449.

  • Christ as Man of Sorrows by Andrea Mantegna

  • Christ Carrying the Cross, 1580, by El Greco

  • An traditional Ethiopian depiction of Jesus and Mary with distinctively "Ethiopian" features.

  • Jesus, aged 12, in discussion with scholars at the Temple, by José Ribera.

  • A Chinese depiction of Jesus and the rich man, from Mark chapter 10.

  • A mural depicting the baptism of Jesus in a typical Haitian rural scenery, Cathédrale de Sainte Trinité, Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

  • The Crucifixion of Christ, painted by Titian.

  • Jesus as Good Shepherd (stained glass at St John's Ashfield.

  • Trevisani's depiction of the typical baptismal scene with the sky opening and the Holy Spirit descending as a dove, 1723.

  • Jesus Christ Pantocrator – ancient mosaic from Hagia Sophia.

  • Transfiguration of Jesus depicting him with Elijah, Moses and 3 apostles by Carracci, 1594.

  • Resurrection by Noel Coypel, 1700, using a hovering depiction of Jesus.

  • Pietro Perugino's depiction of the Crucifixion as Stabat Mater, 1482.

  • 19th-century Russian icon of Christ Pantocrator.

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