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How much is Praying Hands worth?

Praying Hands is not for sale: it is held by the Albertina, Vienna, so it has no market price. Prints and posters of it usually sell for $5–$250, and hand-painted copies for $100–$800.

Artist: Albrecht Dürer
Date: 1508
Medium: Ink drawing
Held by: Albertina, Vienna

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Most copies of Praying Hands in homes are prints, posters or hand-painted copies. They sell as decorative pieces, not as Dürer's work. These are the resale ranges Art Scanner's value estimate starts from.

Poster or unframed print$5–$60

Framed decorative or museum-shop print$40–$250

Large framed archival print$150–$800

Hand-painted copy$100–$800

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About the work

Praying Hands, also known as Study of the Hands of an Apostle, is a pen-and-ink drawing by the German printmaker, painter and theorist Albrecht Dürer. The work is today stored at the Albertina museum in Vienna, Austria.

Why it has no price

Praying Hands is held by the Albertina, Vienna. Works in public collections are not sold, so no one can put a market price on them. Sale records of other works by the same artist are the closest guide to what it would fetch.

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Questions

How much is Praying Hands worth?

Praying Hands is not for sale: it is held by the Albertina, Vienna, so it has no market price. Prints and posters of it usually sell for $5–$250, and hand-painted copies for $100–$800.

How much is a print of Praying Hands worth?

Most prints and posters of Praying Hands sell for $5–$250, with framed ones at the top of that range, and hand-painted copies for $100–$800. They are priced as decorative pieces, not as Dürer's work.

Is Praying Hands for sale?

No. It is held by the Albertina, Vienna. Works in public collections are not sold, so they have no market price.

Where is Praying Hands?

Praying Hands (1508, ink drawing) is held by the Albertina, Vienna.