Wiktionary:Word of the day/2022/April 16

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for April 16
pentimento n
  1. (art, literature) The presence of traces of a previous work in an artistic or literary work; especially (painting) an image which has been painted over but is still detectable.

Yesterday, 15 April, the anniversary of the day Italian Renaissance polymath Leonardo da Vinci was born 570 years ago in 1452, is declared by the International Association of Art to be World Art Day to celebrate the fine arts.

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