pinxit

American  

[pingk-sit] / ˈpɪŋk sɪt /

verb

Latin.

1. he or she painted (it): formerly used on paintings as part of the artist's signature.

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pinxit British  

/ ˈpɪŋksɪt /

1. he (or she) painted it: an inscription sometimes found on paintings following the artist's name

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Example Sentences

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pinxit

Thus, while the Captain was whispering the softest nothings, the Corporal was shouting the fiercest combats of the war; and, like the gentleman at Penelope's table, on it exiguo pinxit praelia tota bero.

From Catherine: a Story by William Makepeace Thackeray

Nor is that of the Duke of Calabria less excellent, where, in going to the chase, he meets with the holy hermit, a picture upon which the artist inscribed, Daniel Crispus Mediolanensis pinxit hoc templum.

From The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century by Luigi Antonio Lanzi

Well, he will show his greatness by not attempting to paint that vision: he will write on a bare canvass vidit anima sed non pinxit manus.

From The Secret Glory by Arthur Machen

Pinxit, pingk′sit, v.i. and v.t. he or she painted—used in noting the painter of a picture, as Rubens pinxit.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

In the middle of this work, which if the truth must be told was not very good, the following inscription may still be read: Ann: Dom 1356 Bartolus magistri Fredi de Senis me pinxit.

From The Lives of the Painters, Sculptors & Architects, Volume 1 (of 8) by Giorgio Vasari