The Buddha, Abraham, Jesus, and Muhammad
Seated Buddha, ca. 650, from the Chinese Tang Dynasty, 618-907 C.E., Hebei Province. Angle preventing Abraham from sacrificing his son. Rembrandt ca. 1634. Jesus, 6th Century mosaic, at Church San Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna, Italy. A 16th-century Ottoman illustration depicting Muhammad at the Kaba. Muhammad's face is veiled, a practice followed in the Islamic art since the 16th century.