Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510)
Allegoria dell’Abbondanza (Allegory of Abundance)
c.1480–1485
Pen and brown ink, with brown wash, on paper, 31.7 x 25.2 cm
British Museum, London
Abundance or Autumn; female figure wearing classical dress, holding the hand of a putto who holds grapes, two more behind and another with a cornucopia. Pen and brown ink, with brown wash, heightened with white, over black and red chalk, the concentrated orange-red ground consists mainly of red lead. Verso: A decorative border (BM)