artists' studies of hands ... in about 1970 i was mortified by my mother's observation that i could never be a proper artist because i hadn't learned to draw hands ... fair comment ! ... she was right and here follows a scrapbook of hand-studies to commemorate that occasion ...

goltzius, 1588

rubens, c1630

leonardo da vinci

ingres

nicolas de largilliere

albrecht durer

anton berjon

degas

andrea del sarto

maurits escher

michelangelo 

... to be continued, as & whenever ...