Praying Hands #1
by Albrecht Durer
Title
Praying Hands #1
Artist
Albrecht Durer
Medium
Painting
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Albrecht Durer Praying Hands
Betende Hände, in English Praying hands (also known as Studie zu den Händen eines Apostels in German, or "Study of the Hands of an Apostle") is a pen-and-ink drawing by the German printmaker, painter and theorist Albrecht Dürer, executed circa 1508. The artwork is stored at Albertina museum — Graphische Sammlung in Vienna, Austria. Dürer used white heightening technique and black ink on (self-made) blue colored paper. The drawing shows two male hands palm to palm praying, the body to the right (not seen). Also, the partly up-folded sleeves of the prayer are seen.
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