The wartime leader hated his depiction when the portrait was unveiled, and it was secretly burnt on the orders of his wife, ...

In colonial Latin America – called “New Spain” by European colonists – images of a white Jesus reinforced a caste system where white, Christian Europeans occupied the top tier, while those with darker ...

The Register presents five of Tissot’s works that reflect Christ’s path, with reflections.

Christ as self-portraitist The first portraits ... blurred the line between the holy face and his own image in a famous self-portrait of 1500. In this, he posed frontally like an icon, with ...