It is evident that many of the artists didn’t read the Scripture before painting the hair cutting scene. :)
In doing this series, that’s been my chief disappointment and frustration: their cavalier attitude toward Scripture. I can forgive artists’ ignorance about foreign lands and ancient times, pre-photography and pre-internet; but they all had ready access to adequate Bible translations. They just didn’t think that being faithful to the text was important. I don’t know who issued their artistic licenses, but they ought to revoke them.