pinxit

noun /ˈpɪŋksɪt/

1. An inscription indicating the identity of the one who created a painting.

   A potential buyer of The Princess had refused to purchase unless Whistler modified his pinxit, scrawled across a corner of the canvas.

Where it comes from

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.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry pinxit (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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