pentimento

pen·ti·men·to

Art the emergence of lines, images, etc. in a painting that become visible as oil paint grows transparent with age, thus revealing the artist's earlier ideas
pl. -·ti any such line, image, etc.

Origin of pentimento

It, literally , repentance: in allusion to changes in the artist's intentions

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pentimento

noun

pl. pen·ti·men·ti,

An underlying image in a painting, especially one that has become visible when the top layer of paint has turned transparent with age, providing evidence of revision by the artist.

Origin of pentimento

Italian correction, pentimento from pentire to repent from Latin paenitēre

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Noun

(plural pentimenti)

An alteration in a painting, evidenced by traces of previous work, showing that the artist has changed his or her mind as to the composition during the process of painting.
The presence or emergence of traces of previous work or image, especially, of the same subject, originally in painting.

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From Italian pentimento.

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