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Praying Hands is now among the most famous drawings of all time. Metzger suggests that it is more widely recognised than any other, with the possible exception of Leonardo’s Vitruvian Man ...
Anna Russell joins Lunch Break with a look at at the far-reaching appeal of Durer's "Praying Hands," which the curators at the National Gallery ... Warhol's blotted-line treatment of Dürer's drawing.
Our vote goes to this drawing of praying hands by the German artist Albrecht Durer, dating from about 1500: Praying hands by the German artist Albrecht Durer (1471-1528), circa 1500.
He dropped Studie zu den Händen eines Apostels (Study of the Hands of an Apostle) back in '08, as in 1508, essentially spearheading the praying hands emoji movement of the time.
Albrecht Dürer’s Praying Hands (1508) was not, as has been assumed for centuries, a preparatory drawing for a painted altarpiece, but a finished work made as an advertisement for the master’s ...