SINCE 1828
pinxit
Latin verb
pinx·it
| \ ˈpiŋk-sit
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Definition of pinxit
: he/she painted (it)
—abbreviation pinx
—used to identify the painter of a work that has been reproduced in a different medium (such as an engraving)
— compare delineavit, fecit, invenit, sculpsit
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