The lamb in the painting's forefront symbolizes Jesus. It bears a wound on its breast ... "confrontational," as the restorers gave the sheep a more naturalistic animal's face.

Restoration of a 15th-century painting of a sheep representing the sacrifice of Jesus had the internet freaking out earlier this year over the Jesus lamb's uncannily human expression, which had ...

artistic renditions of Jesus’ ideas like “my sheep hear my voice” tend either to steer toward poster-like pictures (usually with the text emblazoned on it) or somewhat saccharine art.

Remember the part of the nativity story where Mary gets into a fight with a dancing sheep holding baby Jesus? If not, you clearly haven't seen what happened in a recent church Christmas pageant ...