partially disintegrated fresco depiction Mary with infant Jesus on catacomb wall.
bust of Christ with halo, ceiling fresco.
mosaic Good Shepherd, depicting sacred scene of Jesus with two lambs.
encaustic on panel icon depicting Jesus Christ Pantocrator.
fresco depicting Christ blessing.
Christ Savior blessing the worlds.
fragment of mosaic depicting Jesus arriving on a donkey in Jerusalem on Palm Sunday.
mosaic depicting Jesus in gold tunic with gold halo on cobalt-blue background.
mosaic depicting Jesus and Doubting Thomas.
blessing Jesus in blue gown sitting on throne with a bible in his left hand.
Jesus blessing Encrowned Virgin Mary, her hands joined, saying her prayers.
cracked icon of Jesus with golden face and hair on red and black background.
Jesus with open wound, in blue robe on red and gold background.
Jesus with red hair in golden robe with golden halo on back background.
marble bust of Crucified Jesus with his eyes closed and wound on his chest.
Christ with furrowed brow, and drops of blood running down his forehead onto his chest.
resurrected Jesus with halo in pink robe and flag in his right hand.
Christ surround by armed guards before Caiaphas.
Byzantine style icon of Jesus on gold background.
Mary Magdalene washing Christ's feet with her hair.
Jesus in black turned to left looking down with crucifixion wound on his open right hand.
Jesus head turned to left looking down at the supper table.
Jesus Christ with golden hair and beard, and blood on his face, crowned with thorns.
Jesus in blue robe with crystal globe in left hand, blessing with his right.
Jesus baptized by St. John with dove over his head.
Jesus, head and shoulders turned to right, carrying the cross and wearing crown of thorn.
Byzantine icon of the Virgin and Child in Pelagonitisa style on gold background.
Jesus in red and blue clothes with cross in his left hand blessing with right.
transfiguration of Jesus Christ in dazzling white clothing with Dove above him.
Christ at the Column with rope on his neck.
Jesus in red clothing blessing with right hand.
altarpiece depicting The Last Supper, Christ between John and Peter.
the youthful Saviour with calm face and strawberry-blond curly hair in red robe.
Jesus blessing with his right hand and showing his wound with his left.
white marble relief depicting profile of Jesus with curly hair and beard.
Jesus with curly hair and beard in crown of thorns with blood on his face.
Mary holding dead Jesus' body.
resurrecting Jesus, shining on dark skies.
Jesus with red hair and beard in blue robe and crown of thorn.
stature of Jesus in lying position bleeding from his wounds.
profile portrait of Jesus looking down.
Virgin Mary with child Jesus, Russian icon dressed in silver riza protecting painting.
Jesus holding globe in left hand and blessing with right.
painted portrait of Jesus with dark hair by Rembrandt.
Picture depicting resurrected Jesus revealing himself to two of his disciples during supper.
The Risen Christ in shroud with naked chest.
Christ's face, detail from an ivory crucifix.
Saint Joseph the Carpenter and boy Jesus holding lit candle in dark room.
painting of Jesus in red robe blessing with right hand.
stature of Jesus in thorn crown with hand tighten bleeding from wounds.
"Christ Pantocrator" ceiling mosaic in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem.
ivory netsuke depicting crucified Jesus.
Last Supper, depicting Jesus and Apostles in Ethiopian traditional style.
Russian icon of blessing Jesus depicted on gold ground in red chiton, with opened gospel.
Byzantine icon of Virgin Mary and child Jesus with dark skin.
Jesus blessing with left hand.
painting of Jesus The Savior profile with clenched hands.
Jesus rescuing the drowning Saint Peter, both in traditional Korean gowns and hats.
a man with dark hair, in white robe, in yellow desert.
stone stature of Jesus tighten to the column, La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain.
Japanese mosaic of Madonna and Child in traditional clothing.
dark skin, dark eyes man with dark hair and mustache.
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3rd-century fresco shows Mary, infant Jesus, and a prophet, catacombs, Rome.
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