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Overpainting

The finished painting that is executed over a drawing or preliminary underpainting.

Overpainting refers to the finished painting that is executed over a drawing or preliminary underpainting. The term also describes the technique of layering paints to extend the color range.

  • French:
    Surpeint
  • Spanish:
    Repintar

Michelle Brown, Understanding Illuminated Manuscripts (Malibu, CA: J. Paul Getty Museum in association with the British Library, c1994).