Depiction of Jesus

English: There is no undisputed historical depiction of Jesus. The most common illustration are Christian icons. Images flourished in Medieval art. Most surviving images of Jesus have in common a number of appearance traits which are now almost universally associated with Jesus despite lack of evidence for the accuracy of these depictions.

Two dimensional depictions

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  Jesus as the Good shepherd. Ceiling of S. Callisto catacomb, mid 3rd century.
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  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.
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  Mural painting from the catacomb of Commodilla. One of the first bearded images of Jesus, late 4th century.
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  Jesus depicted on an early 8th-century Byzantine coin. After the Byzantine iconoclasm all coins had Christ on them.
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  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.
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  Christ in majesty from an illuminated manuscript, 12th century.
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  An unusual image of Jesus as a medieval knight bearing an attributed coat of arms based on the Veil of Veronica
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  The Baptism of Christ, by Piero della Francesca, 1449.
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  Christ as Man of Sorrows by Andrea Mantegna
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  Christ Carrying the Cross, 1580, by El Greco
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  An traditional Ethiopian depiction of Jesus and Mary with distinctively "Ethiopian" features.
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  Jesus, aged 12, teaching the doctors of the Faith, painted by José Ribera.
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  A Chinese depiction of Jesus turning water into wine at the Wedding at Cana, painted by Xu Jihua, from the Gospel of John.
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  A mural depicting the baptism of Jesus in a typical Haitian rural scenery, Cathédrale de Sainte Trinité, Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Three dimensional depictions

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  Christ in Majesty, Chartres Cathedral
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  Michelangelo's Pietà shows Mary holding the dead body of Jesus.
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  Cristo de la Concordia in Bolivia is the largest statue of Jesus ever made.
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  Cristo del Otero, above Palencia, Spain
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  Statue at Santuario di Oropa, Italy
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  4 ton bronze statue of Jesus placed high in the Andes mountains, on a road between Chile and Argentina.
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  Bertel Thorvaldsen's Christus, Church of Our Lady, Copenhagen
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  Infant Jesus of Prague, one of several miniature statues of an infant Christ that are much venerated by the faithful.