Praying Hands (also: Study on the Hands of an Apostle) is the most common reproduced image by Albrecht Dürer. The original is in the Albertina in Vienna and measures 29.1 x 19.7 cm.

Technique: ink and white elevation on a blue background
Year of origin 1508

Dürer made the drawing in 1508, as a study of the hands of an apostle in preparation of the middle panel of the Heller Altar. On the same sheet was originally also the design of an apostle’s head.