pentimento

[ pen-tuh-men-toh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Painting.

, plural pen·ti·men·ti [pen-t, uh, -, men, -tee].

the presence or emergence of earlier images, forms, or strokes that have been changed and painted over.

pentimento

/ ˌpɛntɪˈmɛntəʊ /

the revealing of a painting or part of a painting that has been covered over by a later painting
the part of a painting thus revealed

1900–05; < Italian, equivalent to penti ( re ) to repent (< Latin paenitēre to regret) + -mento -ment

C20: Italian, literally: correction

Another piece belonging to this period is the Pentimento amoroso by Luigi Groto, which was printed as early as 1575.

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