title: ["Praying hands" of Albrecht Durer regarded by physicians].
abstract: Albrecht Durer is a great artist between Middle Ages and Renaissance. He is an author of Four Books on Human Proportions and Perspective. He is also the author of the study of the hands on blue paper - "Praying Hands". This person could have had various diseases: diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, or a circulatory failure. The importance of Durer's works is illustrated by its historical, medical, and artistic interpretation.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bednarska-Zytko
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bednarska
mesh_terms: D005858:Germany; D006226:Hand Deformities / Q000266:history*; D049668:History, 15th Century; D049669:History, 16th Century; D006801:Humans; D008512:Medicine in the Arts; D010151:Paintings / Q000266:history*; D012068:Religion and Medicine
vernacular_title: "Modlace sie rece" - Albrechta Durera ogladane oczyma lekarzy.