A seated, half-length young woman holds a basket of fruit from which a winged putto plucks a bunch of grapes. The woman has dark hair which is dressed with flowers and ribbons and is naked from the waist up; her lower half is swathed in brown drapery. Entries in Rosalba Carriera's diary indicate that she executed a number of sets of the 'Seasons' in the 1720s; similarities in scale and composition suggest that this work and 'A Personification of Spring' (RCIN 400649) belonged to the same series.

Carriera was born in Venice. She began her career as a painter of snuffboxes, but rose quickly to fame for her pastel portraits, which became highly desired across Europe. She spent a brief period in Paris in 1720 where she was met with great acclaim, returning to Venice where Consul Joseph Smith acted as a friend and agent. He also had the finest collection of her pastels in the city, only five of which passed into the Royal Collection in 1762. The largest group of pastels by Carriera belonged to Frederick Augustus Elector of Saxony, to whom she was introduced by the Venetian collector Francesco Algarotti. Over 100 of her pastels were on display at his residence in Dresden in a 'Rosalba Room'. The artist became blind in later life and died in 1757.