Associations to the word «Pentimento»

Wiktionary

PENTIMENTO, noun. The presence or emergence of traces of previous work or image, especially, of the same subject, originally in painting.

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe