A wooden stick with a padded head used by painters as a tool to support and steady the hand that holds the brush. Also spelled mahl stick, maulstick.
Sofonisba Anguissola. Self-portrait at the Easel. Oil on canvas. 1556. Łańcut Castle, Poland.
A wooden stick with a padded head used by painters as a tool to support and steady the hand that holds the brush. Also spelled mahl stick, maulstick.
Sofonisba Anguissola. Self-portrait at the Easel. Oil on canvas. 1556. Łańcut Castle, Poland.