A Seated Saint Reading from a Book; late 15th century; Brush and brown ink; brown wash; heightened with white (partly oxidized); horizontal lines in black chalk (?); pricked for transfer; outlines reinforced in brown ink; perhaps in the 15th or early 16th century.; 10 1/4 x 6 3/8 in. (26.1 x 16.2 cm); Drawings; Attributed to Francesco Botticini (Francesco di Giovanni) (Italian; Florentine; ca. 1446-1497); The outlines of the figure of this majestic seated saint have been finely pricked with holes; which would have been dusted with charcoal in order to transfer the design to another surface below - a process known as pouncing