Senin, 21 November 2011

[prambors_music_division] :The Praying Hands

 

The Praying Hands
 
 
 
 

A BEAUTIFUL & TOUCHING STORY OF FAMILY AND SACRIFICE....

 

 Many of you would have seen the picture of "The Praying Hands", which is present in many Christian homes, but would almost certainly not have heard the moving story behind this popular picture. Here is the story.

 

 

 THE STORY BEHIND THE PICTURE OF THE PRAYING HANDS

 

 Back in the fifteenth century, in a tiny village near Nuremberg, lived a family with eighteen children. Eighteen! In order merely to keep food on the table for this mob, the father and head of the household, a goldsmith by profession, worked almost eighteen hours a day at his trade and any other paying chore he could find in the neighborhood.

 

 

 Despite their seemingly hopeless condition, two of the elder children, Albrecht and Albert, had a dream. They both wanted to pursue their talent for art, but they knew full well that their father would never be financially able to send either of them to Nuremberg to study at the Academy.

 

 

 After many long discussions at night in their crowded bed, the two boys finally worked out a pact. They would toss a coin. The loser would go down into the nearby mines and, with his earnings, support his brother while he attended the academy.

 

 Then, when that brother who won the toss completed his studies, in four years, he would support the other brother at the academy, either with sales of his artwork or, if necessary, also by laboring in the mines.

 

 

 They tossed a coin on a Sunday morning after church. Albrecht Durer won the toss and went off to Nuremberg.

 

 

 Albert went down into the dangerous mines and, for the next four years, financed his brother, whose work at the academy was almost an immediate sensation. Albrecht's etchings, his woodcuts, and his oils were far better than those of most of his professors, and by the time he graduated, he was beginning to earn considerable fees for his commissioned works.

 

 

 When the young artist returned to his village, the Durer family held a festive dinner on their lawn to celebrate Albrecht's triumphant homecoming. After a long and memorable meal… read continue

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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