‖ guazzo
[It.]
= gouache.
| 1722 J. Richardson Statues Italy 158 There are in the Apartments of this Palace some single Boys of Guido Reni in Guazzo under Glasses. 1854 Fairholt Dict. Art, Guazzo, a hard and durable kind of distemper painting used by the ancients, the vehicle or medium consisting of egg, rum, or glue, which resists the action of damp of all kinds, and preserves the colours very completely. |