6. The Dead Christ
The sixth film in a series about Christianity’s central figure: Jesus Christ.
It focuses on the Dead Christ, discussing Vittore Carpaccio’s The Preparation of Christ’s Tomb (c.1505) in the Gemäldegalerie.
Presented by VCS Director Professor Ben Quash and Deputy Director Dr Jennifer Sliwka.
Artworks: Vittore Carpaccio, The Preparation of Christ’s Tomb, c.1505, Canvas, Kat. Nr. 23°.
Part of the Series Unlocking Christian Art. Produced in partnership with the National Museums in Berlin, these short films tell the story of Jesus with the help of the treasures of the Bode-Museum and the Gemäldegalerie, both sculpture and painting. These films are designed to equip users to understand, read, and enjoy some of Europe’s greatest works of Christian art, as well as the texts that inspired them, and to encourage fresh interpretation and insight in today’s audiences.
Related Exhibitions
![Lamentation over the Dead Christ by Andrea Mantegna](https://images-live.thevcs.org/iiif/2/AW0669_Andrea+Mantegna_Lamentation+over+the+Dead+Christ_ART137537tintedcropped2.ptif/full/!700,700/0/default.jpg)
![Invisible Mother by Urs Fischer](https://images-live.thevcs.org/iiif/2/AW0670_Urs+Fischer_Invisible+Mother_v1_UFG.ptif/full/!700,700/0/default.jpg)
![The Entombment (or Christ being carried to his Tomb) by Michelangelo Buonarroti](https://images-live.thevcs.org/iiif/2/AW0668_Buonarroti%2C+Michelangelo_The+Entombment_ART375294-edited.ptif/full/!700,700/0/default.jpg)
Matthew 27:57–61; Mark 15:42–47; Luke 23:50–56; John 19:38–42
The Burial of Christ
![Jesus is taken down from the Cross (Station of the Cross no. 13) by Engelbert Mveng](https://images-live.thevcs.org/iiif/2/AW0626_Engelbert+Mveng_African+Pieta_HUCcrp.ptif/full/!700,700/0/default.jpg)
![The Laufacher Pieta by The Laufacher Pieta](https://images-live.thevcs.org/iiif/2/AW0624_Tilman+Riemenschneider_Laufacher+Pieta_UK.ptif/full/!700,700/0/default.jpg)
![The Lamentation of Christ (Beweinung Christi) by Willem Key](https://images-live.thevcs.org/iiif/2/aw0627_willem-key_the-lamentation-of-christ_bridge1257919.ptif/full/!700,700/0/default.jpg)
Luke 2:34–35
A Sword Will Pierce Your Own Heart Also
More Gemäldegalerie Unlocking Christian Art: Jesus Christ
![The VCS logo followed by the text "Unlocking Christian Art: Jesus Christ. Introduction"](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_crop_900x500_no_fade/public/2023-10/Jesus%20intro_0_0.jpg?h=4a76c4a0&itok=_zJgqhsd)
![The VCS logo followed by the text "Unlocking Christian Art: Jesus Christ. The Adoration of the Magi"](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_crop_900x500_no_fade/public/2023-10/adoration.jpg?h=4a76c4a0&itok=SMoS1KFo)
![The VCS logo followed by the text "Unlocking Christian Art: Jesus Christ. The Baptism"](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_crop_900x500_no_fade/public/2023-10/BaptismGG_0.jpg?h=4a76c4a0&itok=ECzFNajF)
![The VCS logo followed by the text "Unlocking Christian Art: Jesus Christ. Miracles"](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_crop_900x500_no_fade/public/2023-10/miracles2_0.jpg?h=4a76c4a0&itok=SiPOpL1T)
![The VCS logo followed by the text "Unlocking Christian Art: Jesus Christ. The Crucifixion"](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_crop_900x500_no_fade/public/2023-10/crucifix%20.jpg?h=4a76c4a0&itok=XeOR9A8L)
![The VCS logo followed by the text "Unlocking Christian Art: Jesus Christ. The Resurrection"](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_crop_900x500_no_fade/public/2023-10/resurrect.jpg?h=4a76c4a0&itok=Glb_VSkI)
![The VCS logo followed by the text "Unlocking Christian Art: Jesus Christ. Andachtsbilder"](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_crop_900x500_no_fade/public/2023-10/Andacht_0.jpg?h=4a76c4a0&itok=lXtN4KQn)
![The VCS logo followed by the text "Unlocking Christian Art: Jesus Christ. The Last Judgement"](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_crop_900x500_no_fade/public/2023-10/lastjudgement.jpg?h=4a76c4a0&itok=bU2V6vJl)