![]() ![]() ![]() The drawing used to be considered a sketch (study) for hands of an apostle, whose full picture was planned to occupy the central panel of the triptych installed in Frankfurt entitled the Heller Altarpiece – destroyed by a fire in 1729. Also, the partly rolled up sleeves are seen. The drawing shows a close up of two male hands clasped together praying. Dürer created the drawing using the technique of white heightening and black ink on (self-made) blue colored paper. The work is today stored at the Albertina museum in Vienna, Austria. Praying Hands ( German: Betende Hände), also known as Study of the Hands of an Apostle ( Studie zu den Händen eines Apostels), is a pen-and-ink drawing by the German printmaker, painter and theorist Albrecht Dürer. ![]()
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