Fuststrasse Madonna

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Fuststrasse Madonna in the vaulted hall of the Cathedral Museum

The Fuststrasse Madonna is a stone -carved figure of Mary in the Cathedral and Diocesan Museum in Mainz . It is named after its last location, Fuststraße in the old town of Mainz .

Miraculous image

The creation of the statue of the Virgin Mary is dated to around 1250. It is one of the oldest sculptures of the Virgin Mary in Mainz.

Initially, the statue of the Virgin Mary was probably located on the central pillar ( Trumeau ) of the entrance portal of the old, Gothic Augustinian Church in Mainz , which is why the sculpture is also known as the Trumeaumadonna. The original church was demolished and rebuilt from 1768 to 1771.

The image of Mary is characterized by the particularly lively child Jesus, to whom the mother seems to have a close relationship. Mary is shown as a graceful young woman. However, she lacks the crown on her head, the attribute of the Queen of Heaven. When the crown was lost cannot be determined with certainty. Characteristic is the accentuation of the robe falling in round, flowing hollows and the delicate, dreamy expression as well as the graceful figure. This is representative of the change in the type of Mary in the course of time, which has deeper religious and piety historical backgrounds. She is one of the "beautiful Madonnas". In contrast to this are her large hands that hold her child-like son. In the 19th century the sculpture was given a color version .

literature

  • Winfried Wilhelmy: Blissful smile, hellish laughter: Laughter in art and culture of the Middle Ages . Schnell and Steiner, Regensburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-7954-2583-8 .

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