Unlocking Christian Art | [S02 E06] Leave Taking | Gemäldegalerie
Ben Quash
4.04
18 January 2023
25 November 2025
The sixth film in the series focusing on one of Christianity’s central figures: the Virgin Mary.
It focuses on The Leave Taking and discusses Bernhard Strigel’s Christ Taking Leave of His Mother, c. 1520 in the Gemäldegalerie.
Presented by VCS Director Professor Ben Quash and Deputy Director Dr Jennifer Sliwka.
Artwork: Bernhard Strigel, Christ Taking Leave of His Mother, c. 1520 in the Gemäldegalerie.
Part of the Series "Unlocking Christian Art". Produced in partnership with the Visual Commentary on Scripture, King’s College London and the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, these short films tell the story of the Virgin Mary 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.