Jacopo Sannazaro
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Jacopo Sannazaro was an Italian poet, humanist, member and head of the Accademia Pontaniana from Naples.
Titian's Portrait of Jacopo Sannazaro (c. 1514–18) formed part of the diplomatic "Dutch Gift" to Charles II of England in 1660 (Royal Collection).
An edition of Sannazaro's collected works, printed in 1602
Arcadia (poem)
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Arcadia is a pastoral poem written around 1480 by Jacopo Sannazaro and published in 1504 in Naples. Sannazaro's Arcadia influenced the literature of the 16th and 17th centuries.
Jacopo Sannazaro
…head of the Accademia Pontaniana from Naples. He wrote easily in Latin, in Italian and in Neapolitan, but is best remembered for his humanist classic Arcadia, a masterwork that illustrated the possibilities of poetical prose in Italian, and instituted the theme of Arcadia, representing an idyllic land, in…
Arcadia Shepherd by Cesare Saccaggi from Tortona