Mahlstick (maulstick)
A thin, light piece of wood used by painters to support and steady the hand. In Michiel van Musscher’s Portrait of the Artist in His Studio (1673), a mahlstick and palette are visible in the painter’s left hand.
A thin, light piece of wood used by painters to support and steady the hand. In Michiel van Musscher’s Portrait of the Artist in His Studio (1673), a mahlstick and palette are visible in the painter’s left hand.