Maulstick
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A maulstick or mahlstick /ˈmɔːlstɪk/ MAWL-stik[1] is a stick with a soft leather or padded head used by painters to support the working hand with a paintbrush or pen. The word derives from the German and Dutch Malstock or maalstok 'painting stick', from malen 'to paint'.
In 16th- through 19th-century paintings of artists, including self-portraits, the maulstick is often depicted as part of the painter's equipment.
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William-Adolphe Bouguereau holding painting implements -
Self portrait of Caterina van Hemessen -
Self-portrait by Sofonisba Anguissola -
Portrait of Eva Gonzalès, by Édouard Manet -
Detail of Vermeer's The Art of Painting with artist using mahlstick -
M. C. Escher using a mahlstick while working on Sphere Surface with Fish (1958)
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References
- ^ "maulstick". Collins English Dictionary (13th ed.). HarperCollins. 2018. ISBN 0-008-28437-7.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Maulstick". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 904.
