Inkpot Madonna

Inkpot Madonna
German: Tintenfassmadonna
Artistanonymous
Yearc. 1430 (1430)
TypeWood sculpture
Dimensions180 cm (71 in)
LocationHildesheim Cathedral, Hildesheim, Germany
Coordinates52°08′56″N 9°56′47″E / 52.1489°N 9.9464°E / 52.1489; 9.9464

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.