However, after the Early Christian period, the Church repressed and condemned the depiction of nudity, especially in the person of the Christ. Renaissance representations of the same act portray the Christ often with a simple white loincloth wrapped about his hips. Among others, Rogier van der Weyden (1455) and Guido Reni (1622) present the baptism in this manner (See illustrations below). Again both the Christ and St. John the Baptist were depicted as approximately the same age and height, although often times the saint was portrayed a bit heavier, more muscular.