Italy's new prime minister, Giuseppe Conte, has joined the long list of political figures from around the globe to be made into statuettes by Neapolitan artisans to be used in unusual nativity scenes.

Genny Di Virgilio, one of the famed nativity scene artisans of Naples' San Gregorio Armeno street, prepared the new statuette this week.

The statuette is 40 centimetres (15.7 inches) high and is made entirely from terracotta. The Conte statuette has been placed between Luigi di Maio, the Five Star politician and new Minister of Labour and Matteo Savlini, League leader and the new Minister of the Interior.

Giuseppe Conte was painted in an elegant suit and is holding the typical horn-shaped pendant from Naples which is believed to bring good luck.