Cristoforo Agosta, Agosti, or Augusta (16-17th century) was an Italian painter of the Mannerist style.
Cristoforo Agosta, Agosti, or Augusta (16-17th century) was an Italian painter of the Mannerist style.
Agosta was born in Casalmaggiore. He was a pupil of Giovanni Battista Trotti and active in Cremona. [1] The 18th-century art historian Giovanni Battista Zaist assigned to him the Marriage of Santa Caterina, once in the church of San Domenico in Cremona (now in the Pinacoteca of Cremona). [2] [3]
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