Question

Class-4 1.Why do you think albrecht Durer painted the hands of his brother​

Answer 1

• In tribute to his sacrifice Albrecht sketched his brother's hands. The drawing is a sketch (study) for hands of an apostle, whose full picture was planned to occupy the central panel of the triptych installed in Frankfurt entitled the Heller Altarpiece – destroyed by a fire in 1729.

Answer 2

Answer:

The work was originally requested by Jakob Heller and is named after him. Although there are many rumors and stories about Dürer using his brother's hands as a reference and the man's hands suffering with some affliction, it is much more likely that Dürer modeled the hands after his own.