Pinxit

' (from Latin: "one painted") is a stylized amendment added to the signature depiction of the name of the person responsible for a work of art, found conventionally in the Late Middle Ages and the Renaissance. It is sometimes abbreviated P, PIN, or PINX""', as in some paintings by Raphael. The locution "me pinxit" is found on a 12th-century crucifix, not in a sense connected to individual authorship but rather as a more impersonal devotional statement, a "pious [formula] appropriate for liturgical gifts".
Its use by Duccio – ) on the "Maestà" in Siena Cathedral is seen as an "audacious" claim by the author, who asserts an individual status on a par with that of the city. By the Late Middle Ages in Venice and elsewhere "pinxit" (or other forms of "pingere", in Gothic lettering) had become customary, and was often found on a "cartellino", "any form of fictive paper carrying an inscription", established in Venice by the 1440s. Other verbs used to establish authorship include conjugations of "facere" ("to make"; "fecit" ("made by") was frequently used by Titian) or "fingere" ("to conceive").
In 18th century New Spain, artists increasingly included "pinxit Mexici" (painted in Mexico) on works bound for the European market as a sign of pride in their artistic tradition.
Latin.
"" is the third-person singular perfect active indicative of , with the meanings: I decorate or embellish; I paint, tint or colour; I portray.