ALL meanings of pentimento
pen·ti·men·to
P p - noun plural pentimento the presence or emergence of earlier images, forms, or strokes that have been changed and painted over. 1
- noun pentimento the revealing of a painting or part of a painting that has been covered over by a later painting 0
- noun pentimento the part of a painting thus revealed 0
- noun pentimento 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 0
- noun pentimento any such line, image, etc. 0