On the reverse of a sheet of “old seer” studies for the Adoration, Leonardo furiously sketched an allegory that deserves careful attention for what it may disclose about his relationship with Lorenzo de’ Medici in the early 1480s. The design and theme, involving personifications of Fortune, Death, Envy, and Ingratitude – all clearly labeled – would seem to be the artist's own inventions (fig. 62). As in most of Leonardo's “left-handed” narratives, the electric action flows from right to left. At far right, Fortune (Fortuna), depicted as a woman with long, flowing hair, holds a child, who blows a trumpet to extinguish the torch of Death (Morte), intent on setting the branches of a tree on fire. Supporting Death on their shoulders are the surprised figures of Envy (Invidia) and Ingratitude (Ingratitudine). Roughly indicated at left, Ignorance (Ignoranza) and Pride (Superbia), apparently complicit in the attempted arson, watch in dismay as their plot is foiled.