pentimento

• Substantiv, das das Wiederauftauchen eines verborgenen Bildes in einem Gemälde bezeichnet, das übermalt wurde, meist wenn die obere Farbschicht mit der Zeit durchsichtig wird.

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.

   Pentimento

   • 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.