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Jan 3, 2017 · Myriad online image macros assert that Borgia's father "forced" his son's visage into art history (a claim offered as an irony given that the Borgia family were supposedly "not Christ-like"), but ...
Feb 23, 2024 · Northern Italian painter Altobello Melone is responsible for painting Cesare Borgia’s portrait that looks similar to the stereotypical image of Jesus. Side by side, the images share several similarities. Both look to be of the same healthy weight, with medium-length beards, mustaches, and similar skin tones.
Aug 30, 2019 · One of the more famous depictions of Jesus, in Giotto di Bondone’s The Lamentation of Christ, depicts Jesus as longhaired, handsome, and white. There are physical similarities between this image and Borgia, and the painting was made in 1305. Borgia is believed to have been born in 1475 or 1476.
May 16, 2023 · He claimed that modern depictions of the central figure of Christianity and the son of the god Jesus Christ were created in the image of one individual. That individual happened to be Cardinal Cesare Borgia, the illegitimate son of Pope Alexander VI. This theory challenges conventional beliefs on religious iconography’s genesis, creating ...
Feb 21, 2024 · Introduction. The connection between Cesare Borgia and the modern image of Jesus is a revelation that may astonish many. While the name Cesare Borgia may not immediately resonate with everyone, his impact on history, particularly in shaping the perception of Jesus Christ, is both significant and surprising. This historical narrative delves into ...
Apr 17, 2021 · Many Hebrew Israelites claim that the image of Jesus that is commonly used throughout Christendom today was actually modelled upon a man named Cesare Borgia. They will often use a picture that has 2 side by side images to support their claims. Something like these images below. They claim that Jesus was a so called “black” man and that his ...
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I have recently stumbled upon the claim that during his papacy, Pope Alexander VI felt that the Semitic and Arab looking images of Christ where not to his liking so he commissioned the creation of new portraits of Jesus, with his son Cesare as the model, hence the Caucasian looking image of Jesus that is popular in Western culture.
