# Medal of Jacopo Sannazaro

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## Artwork

- Artist: [SANTACROCE, Girolamo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/santacroce-girolamo-rfc7fbf67c65b02>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Bronze

## Commentary

The obverse of the medal depicts the portrait with laurel wreath of Actius Sincerus, academic name of Jacopo Sannazaro \(1458-1530\), a Neapolitan poet. The reverse shows a Nativity scene alluding to the poem De partu Virginis by Sannazaro.

## Related artworks

- [Allegory of Prudence](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/santacroce-girolamo-rfc7fbf67c65b02/allegory-of-prudence-r6b82fef48277ed>)
- [God the Father](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/santacroce-girolamo-rfc7fbf67c65b02/god-the-father-r653467f5695787>)
- [God the Father](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/santacroce-girolamo-rfc7fbf67c65b02/god-the-father-r9f3ed86e318e99>)
- [High Altar](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/santacroce-girolamo-rfc7fbf67c65b02/high-altar-r7b7ef236c56ec8>)
- [Medal of Andrea Carafa](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/santacroce-girolamo-rfc7fbf67c65b02/medal-of-andrea-carafa-r0493db6c656084>)
- [The Del Pezzo Altar](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/santacroce-girolamo-rfc7fbf67c65b02/the-del-pezzo-altar-r4568157472e41e>)
- [Tomb of Carlo Gesualdo \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/santacroce-girolamo-rfc7fbf67c65b02/tomb-of-carlo-gesualdo-detail-rc655c5a6b3c57b>)
- [Tomb of Carlo Gesualdo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/santacroce-girolamo-rfc7fbf67c65b02/tomb-of-carlo-gesualdo-rf61dca5ba8bfcf>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)