Cristoforo Augusta (1550-1600) was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance period. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest The Renaissance (from French Renaissance, meaning "rebirth" Italian: Rinascimento, from re- "again" and nascere He was born in Casalmaggiore, near Cremona, where he was mostly active. Casalmaggiore is a Comune in the Province of Cremona, Lombardy, northern Italy, located across the Po River. Cremonese redirects here For the football team see US Cremonese Cremona is a City in northern Italy, situated He was a pupil of Giovanni Battista Trotti. Giovanni Battista Trotti (1555 - 1612 was an Italian painter of the late- Renaissance period active mainly in Piacenza, Parma, and his native He painted in the Dominican convent in Cremona.