[Swordmaker]

The modern idea of what Jesus looked like when he walked the earth began with the great German painter Albrecht Drurer (or Durer). He painted a picture of Christ and, since no one knew what Jesus looked like, decided to use his own face. Here is his self portrait:

Sorry, but that is not correct. The modern concept of the image of Christ actually started about the 5th Century with the Christ Pantocrater, a mosaic found in Turkey. The study of iconography has a lot to say on the appearance of Christ throughtout the ages... Durer was latecomer.

[Skooz]

Sorry, but it IS correct. The Christ Pantocrater just showed a skinny guy with a beard. Any skinny, relatively white gut with hair and beard would look like that. Drurer gave us a full portrait and gave the Western mind the picture we see when we imagine Christ.