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Replica based on the Original by Abrecht Dürer (1508)
Material: Polyresin
Size: H: 17 x W: 13 x D: 7 cm
ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471 - 1529)
In 1507, Dürer was commissioned by the wealthy merchant, Jacob Heller, to paint a triptych for the altar of the Dominican church in Frankfurt, based on the theme of the ascension of Mary. The ‘Heller altar’ was soon so famous that Elector Maximilian of Bavaria had the central panel added to his own art collection. The panel was lost in a fire in 1729, but well over twenty preliminary sketches have been preserved. Of these, the ‘praying hands of an apostle’ is the most famous.
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