"For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground; he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him." Isaiah 53:3.
Hardly the "picture" of Christ that people are used to seeing. And THIS is yet another reason that so many ARE deceived SO easily by SO MANY things. I would include "apparitions" and "visions" of Mary in this, too. For SURE.
ABSOLUTELY. The images of the Roman Mary are very probably more recognizable world wide than any other. That must have a purpose.