Giovanni Agostino da Lodi: A Renaissance Bridging Lombardy and Venice Giovanni Agostino da Lodi (c. 1470 – 1519) remains a captivating enigma within the history of Italian Renaissance art, his identity shrouded in centuries of debate and speculation. Initially dismissed as a mere “Pseudo-Boccaccino,” a label attached due to stylistic similarities with the renowned Florentine painter Boccaccio Boccaccino, Agostino’s true significance w…