- for 'repentance'; from the verb pentirsi,
meaning 'to repent';
plural pentimenti) is "the
presence or
emergence of
earlier images, forms, or
strokes that...
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therefore reveal that it is an
original work from Caravaggio's hand. The
pentimenti are
numerous and
visible to the
naked eye and with UV rays, IR rays or...
- from the
underdrawing or
layers in
between (such
alterations are
called pentimenti when made by the
original artist). This is very
useful information in...
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features in the
painting have led to the
positive attribution: a
number of
pentimenti are evident, most
notably the
position of the
right thumb. The sfumato...
- the
position of the hands. The
infrared photos also
reveal interesting pentimenti on the left arm. Untouched, and
beautifully preserved, they
indicate that...
- The dog
found in
later restoration work. Note that the ears of the dog are
visible today as
pentimenti on the lady's sleeve....
- authenticity, or at
least originality, of the work
could be
found in the
pentimenti of the underpainting,
which indicate it
could not have been a
simple faithful...
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version is the best preserved.
Historian John
Rowlands deduced from the
pentimenti (alteration)
revealed by X-ray
photographs that the
Frick version shows...
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painting to be dated. The
underdrawing of the
painting includes several pentimenti,
showing the
artist changed the
composition as he
produced the work. "Catalogue...
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Infrared reflectograms of the
painting show many
small alterations, or
pentimenti, in the underdrawing: to both faces, to the mirror, and to
other elements...
