# Nativity scene \(Presepio\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MARIGLIANO, Giovanni]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Painted wood ## Commentary Nativity scene \(Presepio\) c. 1524 Painted wood Santa Maria del Parto a Mergellina, Naples Around 1524 Marigliano carved crib figures for Santa Maria del Parto at the request of the humanist Jacopo Sannazzaro \(1458-1530\). Only five statuettes of the precious complex are preserved, among which those of St Joseph and the Virgin stand out, showing similarities with the early works of Girolamo Santacroce. This commission was particularly significant, because it shows that Marigliano was esteemed by the famous humanist, connoisseur of antiquity, who exercised a strong influence on the culture of Naples. ## Related artworks - [Altar of the Madonna della Neve \(detail\)]() - [Altar of the Madonna della Neve]() - [Cenotaph of Don Pedro of Toledo and Maria Ossorio Pimental]() - [Cenotaph of Don Pedro of Toledo and Maria Ossorio Pimental]() - [High Altar]() - [High Altar]() - [Madonna del Soccorso]() - [Monument of Don Pedro of Toledo \(detail\)]() - [Monument of Don Pedro of Toledo]() - [Tomb of Don Ramón Folch de Cardona \(detail\)]() - [Tomb of Don Ramón Folch de Cardona \(detail\)]() - [Tomb of Don Ramón Folch de Cardona \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()