Madonna and Child with Angels, 1420, Tempera on wood, gold ground, Overall, with engaged frame, 34 5/8 x 26 1/4 in. (87. 9 x 66. 7 cm) ; painted surface 30 5/8 x 22 1/4 in. (77. 8 x 56. 5 cm), Paintings, Pietro di Domenico da Montepulciano (Italian, Marchigian, active first quarter 15th century), This exquisite painting dates about 1420 and is notable for the refinement of its tooled and freehand work on the gold ground. The picture alludes to the Madonna?s humility (seated on grass) ; as Queen of Heaven (the angels tooled into the gold background suspend a crown over her) ; and as the beloved enclosed in a garden