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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pinxit

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

The picture from which our frontispiece is taken appeared to be a replica, of somewhat later date, the colors being fresher, but an inscription on the back says "Charles W. Jarvis, pinxit, July, 1857."

From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England by Moncure Daniel Conway

On examining it closely, I perceived in one corner of the canvass the words Manus Animam pinxit, and the date 1239.

From The Germ Thoughts towards Nature in Poetry, Literature and Art by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

This was too much for Castillo, and he accordingly inscribed his Baptism of St. Francis, executed for the Capuchin convent, where his juvenile rival was likewise employed, "Non pinxit Alfaro."

From Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 3 of 3) by Shearjashub Spooner

Thomas de Mutina pinxit; Quale vides Lector Rarisini filius auctor; in which we ought to read Barisini, both on account of Sig.

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

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