pentimento
\pen-tuh-MEN-toh\
noun
1. Painting. the presence or emergence of earlier images, forms, or strokes that have been changed and painted over.
Quotes
The term pentimento (plural pentimenti) refers to the evidence of changes an artist makes during the development of a composition on canvas.
-- Wesley Pulkka, "Chicago-born ABQ artist displays new acrylic paintings," ABQ Journal, August 3, 2014
Origin
Pentimento came to English from the Italian pentire meaning "to repent," which ultimately derives from the Latin paenitēre meaning to regret.
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