Pentimento
Alteration in a painting evidenced by traces of previous work / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In painting, a pentimento (Italian for 'repentance'; from the verb pentirsi, meaning 'to repent'; plural pentimenti) is "the presence or emergence of earlier images, forms, or strokes that have been changed and painted over".[1] Sometimes the English form "pentiment" is used, especially in older sources.
For other uses, see Pentimento (disambiguation).