A drawing of a personification of Plenty, holding a cornucopia, trampling a naked figure without hands. Although the identification of the trampled figure is uncertain, the drawing corresponds closely with the description of Plenty’s ‘deform’d and odious’ counterpart Want found in Caeser Ripa’s Iconologia (1603). The drawing is probably a study for a wall painting and has been lightly squared in white chalk, but no related work has been identified.

The Royal Collection holds forty-seven sheets by Farinati and his followers. It is probable that most, if not all, were acquired during the reign of Charles II. A list of albums at Kensington Palace in 1727 includes one volume of drawings by Farinati and his followers, in which this sheet was housed. The album contained RCINs 904973 – 905026, with other sheets by Farinati housed in a miscellaneous album. These volumes were subsequently broken up and the drawings were mounted separately.