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‖ pentimento|pentiˈmento|
Also ˈpentiment. Pl. pentiˈmenti.
[It. pentimento, repentance.]
In a painting (particularly in oils), a trace of an earlier composition or of alterations that has become visible with the passage of time. Also transf.
1903R. Fry Let. 6 Mar. (1972) I. 204 What looks like a retouch above the man's left shoulder turns out on closer inspection to be an original pentimento. 1933Burlington Mag. May 212/1 Holbein's portraits of the 1530's; a pentimento indicates that originally the décolleté was narrower. 1935Ibid. June 259/2 There are signs of pentimenti on the heads and hands. 1939Ibid. Sept. 96/1 The pentimenti confirm that we are dealing with an original work of the master. 1945Ibid. Apr. 82/2 A striking pentimento is visible, in the form of a segment of a circle, over the red dress under the hands of the Virgin. 1951R. Mayer Artist's Handbk. ii. 100 In galleries one may frequently find a picture in which, by reason of changes wrought by time, oxidation, etc., the refractive index of the oil film has changed and a thin coat of paint..has become sufficiently transparent to allow under⁓painting or drawing to show through. The effect is called pentimento. 1961L. G. G. Ramsey Connoisseur New Guide Antique Eng. Pott., Porc. & Glass 26 On this some⁓what rough base the painter has to carry out his designs without benefit of rubbings-out or pentimenti. 1962Sunday Times (Colour Suppl.) 8 Apr. 20 A pentiment in the muzzle of the greyhound who looks back over his shoulder shows that the design of the Cleveland picture was followed at first in Mr. Getty's by an assistant, and then changed by Rubens. 1966Listener 9 June 845/1 X⁓rays reveal pentimenti—those first thoughts—in both edges of the ruff, between the right forearm and the chair and, above all, in her right hand, which was originally both higher up and further to the right. 1971Guardian 23 Aug. 5 One of the things that distinguish an original from a copy is the existence of pentimenti alterations..done while the work was being painted. 1973L. Hellman Pentimento (1974) 3 Old paint on canvas, as it ages, sometimes becomes transparent. When that happens it is possible, in some pictures, to see the original lines... This is called pentimento because the painter ‘repented’, changed his mind. 1975Times Lit. Suppl. 31 Oct. 1278/5 He [sc. an Italian writer] has recently announced that, after completing all six volumes, he intends to begin all over again with a revised edition to include any pentimenti where he has changed his mind. |