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Albertinelli, on the contrary, when he painted and repainted his Annunciation, washed out the under layer with essential oil before making his "pentimenti" or corrections, and in this way the thinness was kept.

From Fra Bartolommeo by Kendrick, Flora

There are many pentimenti on the marble parapet, which seems to have been painted over the dress.

From Giorgione by Cook, Herbert

The unfinished figure of the executioner evidently caused the artist much trouble, for pentimenti are frequent, and other outlines can be distinctly traced through the nude body.

From Giorgione by Cook, Herbert