Accademia - Lavanda dei piedi di Giovanni Agostino da Lodi

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. One of his first identified work is the ''Pala dei Barcaioli'' ("Boatmen Altarpiece") in the church of San Pietro Martire at

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. His only signed work is the ''St. Peter and St. John the Evangelist'' in the

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, which shows Lombard influences, such as that of

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. Later he was also influenced by

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's style, as visible in the ''Christ Washing the Feet of the Apostles'' in the

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. After moving to Venice in the wake of

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's fall, he returned to Milan in 1506. He subsequently executed works for privates and for the

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; one of his late works, the ''Calvary'', is housed in the

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. He also collaborated with

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for a polyptych in the church of

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in Milan, some panels of which are now in the Pinacoteca di Brera.

Gallery

File:Accademia - Madonna con il Bambino e SS.Simeone e Girolamo by Giovanni Agostino da Lodi Cat.605.jpg, ''Madonna with the Child with Saint Simeon and Saint Hieronymus'' File:Giovanni Agostino da Lodi 001.jpg, ''The Adoration of the Shepherds'' (after 1510) File:Giovanni Agostino da Lodi.jpg, ''The Teacher and the Young Pupil'' File:Madonna con Bambino e devoti, Giovanni Agostino da Lodi 001.JPG, ''Madonna and Child with Devotees'' File:Giovanni agostino da lodi, cristo risorto, 1515-20 ca. 03.jpg, ''Risen Christ'' (–20) File:Giovanni agostino da lodi, cena in emmaus (milano, coll. francesco micheli) 01.JPG, ''Dinner in Emmaus'' File:Giovanni agostino da lodi, ss. marta e maddalena, 1510 ca., dalla coll. bernasconi, vr 01.jpg, '' Saint Martha and Saint Magdalene'',

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File:GA da Lodi Virgen entronizada con santos 1510 San Pietro Martire, Murano.jpg, ''Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints'' (1492)

Sources

External links

Online essay

''Leonardo da Vinci: anatomical drawings from the Royal Library, Windsor Castle''
exhibition catalog fully online as PDF from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which contains material on Giovanni Agostino da Lodi (see index) {{DEFAULTSORT:Agostino da Lodi, Giovanni People from Lodi, Lombardy Italian male painters 16th-century Italian painters Italian Renaissance painters 1495 births