1249111 Virgin and Child Playing with a Goldfinch and Holding a Sheaf of Millet, 1379 (tempera on panel) by Cecco di Pietro (fl.1370); 105x58 cm; Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark; (add.info.: The gold ground symbolically denotes Heaven. As was common in art at the time, everything has symbolic significance. The infant Jesus holds a goldfinch, which symbolises the Passion ??the bird lives on thistles, and so refers to the crown of thorns. The bird is also a symbol of resurrection. The sheaf of millet in the child??? right hand symbolises the bread of communion, and the coral around his neck protects the child against evil.).