Original First Painting Of Jesus

Alexamenos graffito 1st century this graffito representing a person looking at a donkey headed man being.

Original first painting of jesus. The healing of the paralytic is believed to be the oldest painting of jesus in the world that still exists and is a clear depiction of christ. It depicts the story of the healing of the paralytic found in mark 2 and it is dated to the mid 3rd century. Here is a list of the six most ancient depictions of jesus known to historians. 21 mesmerizing photos of the worlds most beautiful churches 5 christ between peter and paul 4th century.

This painting is on the wall of the baptistry of a church in a long abandoned ancient city in syria. The painting is found on a wall in the dura europos church in syria which is believed to be one of the oldest surviving christian churches in the world. Archaeologists from the university of haifa in israel discovered the previously unknown 1500 year old painting of jesus in the ruins of a byzantine era farming village in the negev desert of. It was painted in a time when realism was more and more abandoned and more creative interpretations came to be.

From the 3rd century onwards the first narrative scenes from the life of christ to be clearly seen are the baptism of christ painted in a catacomb in about 200 and the miracle of the raising of lazarus both of which can be clearly identified by the inclusion of the dove of the holy spirit in baptisms and the vertical shroud wrapped body of lazarus.