abstract: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.
Hecalledhis powerfuldrawingsimply "Hands," butthe entireworldalmostimmediately opened their hearts to his great masterpieceand renamed his tribute oflove "the PrayingHands."