pen·ti·men·to (p n t -mn t )n. pl. pen·ti·men·ti (-t  ) An underlying image in a painting, as an earlier painting, part of a painting, or original draft, that shows through, usually when the top layer of paint has become transparent with age. [Italian, correction, pentimento, from pentire, to repent, from Latin paenit re.] |
pentimento [ˌpɛntɪˈmɛntəʊ]
n pl -ti [-tiː]
1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) the revealing of a painting or part of a painting that has been covered over by a later painting
2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) the part of a painting thus revealed
[Italian, literally: correction]
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| Noun | 1. | pentimento - the reappearance in a painting of an underlying image that had been painted over (usually when the later painting becomes transparent with age) |
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