The Penitent St. Jerome in a Landscape by Hans Dürer, National Gallery in Prague

Hans Dürer (born 21 February 1490 in Nuremberg – ca. 1538 in Kraków), was a German Renaissance painter, illustrator, and engraver.

The son of Albrecht Dürer the Elder, he was the younger brother of Albrecht Dürer, and after him, the most talented of 17 siblings. Most siblings died in childhood. He was certain to have been trained in the workshop of his already famous brother. He became the court painter for King Sigismund I the Old of Poland. One of hist most famous paintings is Praying Hands, done with ink on blue paper. He went to live and work in Kraków for some time, like many other artists from Nuremberg

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