pentimento

• اسم يشير إلى ظهور صورة خفية في لوحة زيتية كانت قد طُليت أو غُطيت بطبقة لاحقة من الطلاء، ويحدث ذلك عادة عندما تصبح الطبقة العليا شفافة بمرور الزمن.

A noun referring to the reappearance in a painting of an underlying image that had been painted over, typically when the later paint layer becomes transparent with age.

1. Reappearance of an earlier imageC2formalart

   The reappearance in a painting of an underlying image that had been painted over, usually when the later painting becomes transparent with age.

   بنتيمنتو

   • The art restorer discovered a pentimento beneath the top layer of paint.
   • X-ray analysis revealed a pentimento of a different composition.
   • The pentimento showed that the artist had originally painted a different figure.