Reference QGraphicsPixmapItem without adding it

What I want to happen is this. When a certain key is pressed.

QPixmap image ("path");
QGraphicsPixmapItem *pixmap = addPixmap(image);
pixmap->setRotation(x);

This works as it is but every time a key is pressed instead of rotating the current image it adds a new one rotated. So i need to be able to declare what pixmap is without adding it. I think I just need to change this line.

QGraphicsPixmapItem *pixmap = addPixmap(image);

And I could initialialy add it somewhere else.
Here is a portion of my current code.

void Scene::keyPressEvent( QKeyEvent *e )
{

QPixmap image ("path");
QGraphicsPixmapItem *pixmap = addPixmap(image);
switch ( e->key() )
{
case Qt::Key_Left:
{
pixmap->setRotation(x);
break;
}

Create the pixmap item in your constructor and store the pointer to it you a private member variable. Then you can easily access it.

Code:

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class Scene : /*...*/
{
  //...
  private:
    QGraphicsPixmapItem* m_pixmap;
}
 
Scene::Scene(/*...*/) : /*...*/
{
  pixmap = addPixmap(QPixmap("path"));
}
 
void Scene::keyPressEvent( QKeyEvent *e )
{
switch ( e->key() )
{
case Qt::Key_Left:
{
m_pixmap->setRotation(x);
break;
}

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Thanks a lot you're awesome. I knew it had to be something that simple but I just couldn't think of it.