by Van Soest Konrad, circa 1404 C.E.
Parish church, Bad Wildungen


otice that the penises of two thieves are clearly shown through their loincloths while it would appear that Jesus had no male member at all. From the beginning Christian theology taught that Jesus was a man in all ways, but few artists believed this doctrine on a crotch level, or more probably, they were not allowed to put doctrine into reality by those paying for the paintings. Hence, in most art work Jesus always underwent artistic castration.