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A Byzantine icon brought to Venice in 1349 depicts Mary and baby Jesus. In the Eastern Orthodox tradition, from around the sixth century until the present, the child Jesus looks like a little man. Wikimedia Commons

Baby Jesus in art and the long tradition of depicting Christ as a man‑child

Angela McCarthy, University of Notre Dame Australia

A Mexican statue of a baby Jesus resembling an adult Phil Collins has become a social media phenomenon. But the history of depictions of baby Jesus unearths some interesting parallels to this work.

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