Meanings
plural pinxits
- An inscription indicating the identity of the one who created a painting.
Nudes that look better than life— you wouldn't need to look for his pinxit.
1970, Galaxy Magazine, volume 31, page 1192 more examples
A potential buyer of The Princess had refused to purchase unless Whistler modified his pinxit, scrawled across a corner of the canvas.
1941, Frederic Jennings Haskin, The American Government, page 469The name and address of a publisher or any additional names followed by the pinxit (he painted it) or sculpsit (he executed it) may indicate that several parties were involved in the work's […]
1993, New Jersey Libraries, volumes 26-28, page 29
Origin
From the appearance of the Latin word pinxit (“he/she painted (this)”), perfect indicative third-person singular of pingo (“to paint”), after a painter's name on a painting.
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