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Albrecht Durer's Praying Hands

Albrecht Durer's Praying Hands

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George Bothamley
Apr 26, 2023
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I want to share with you another of my favourite stories from Art history today. This time, related to a famous drawing by the German master Albrecht Durer

Praying Hands (Dürer) - Wikipedia

For a long time, this drawing was interpreted as being kind of self portrait - i.e Durer depicting his own hands, as a symbol of both his spiritual and artistic devotion.

But, actually, the truth abo…

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