Phrase in front of painter's name identifying it as the name of the painter.
1On the foot of the pedestal was the painter's name, "BATTONI pinxit, Romæ, 1750."
2They were signed: Butterworth, pinxit.
3'Masolinus de Florentia pinxit' decides their authorship.
4Pinxit availed himself of the opportunity to retouch, from a sketch taken upon the spot, his admirable painting of the "Marsyas flayed alive."