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maulstick
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thumb|Closeup image of maulstick being used by painter A maulstick or mahlstick 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'.
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Within Vinony's link graph, maulstick is referenced by 19 other articles, and connects out to German, Dutch and International Standard Book Number.
It is catalogued under the topic Painting materials.
Its subject is documented across 16 Wikipedia language editions.
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thumb|Closeup image of maulstick being used by painter A maulstick or mahlstick 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “maulstick” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.