Inkpot Madonna | |
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German: Tintenfassmadonna | |
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Artist | anonymous |
Year | c. 1430 |
Type | Wood sculpture |
Dimensions | 180 cm (71 in) |
Location | Hildesheim Cathedral, Hildesheim, Germany |
52°08′56″N 9°56′47″E / 52.1489°N 9.9464°E |
The Inkpot Madonna (German: Tintenfassmadonna) is a late-Gothic sculpture of Mary in the Hildesheim Cathedral, a building on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list since 1985, which is consecrated to the Assumption of Mary. The coloured life-size wooden statue was created around 1430, probably in Lower Saxony, and has the hallmarks of the international Gothic style: a tender face, loose posture and flowing drapery.