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Pentimento

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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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Pentimento

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noun plural -ti (-tiː)
1. 
the revealing of a painting or part of a painting that has been covered over by a later painting
2. 
the part of a painting thus revealed

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Pentimento

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noun
1.  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
2. Word forms: plural ˌpentiˈmenti (ˌpɛntəˈmɛnti ; penˌtəmenˈtē)
any such line, image, etc.

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Pentimento

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n. pl. pen·ti·men·ti (-tē)
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.

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