Livio Agresti

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Livio Agresti (1508 - 1580), also called Ritius or Ricciutello, was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance or Mannerist period, active both in his native city of Forlì and in Rome, where he died. He was one of the members of the so-called "Forlì painting school". He joined the Roman Accademia di San Luca in 1534.

Innitially a pupil of Francesco Menzocchi, in 1535 he frescoes a 'Eucarist and the Prophets for the chapel of the Sacrament of the Duomo di Forlì, now in the local Pinacoteca Civica di Forlì. In 1539, he painted in the church of Santa Maria dei Servi. In 1542, he travelled to Ravenna, where he paints for the a canvas of Bishops now kept in the Cathedral of Ariani. In 1544, he frescoes Allegorical figures in the Sala Paolina of Castel Sant’Angelo in Rome, under the supervision of Perin del Vaga. Agresti also helps decorate the church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin.

In 1555-6, he decorates the Gonzaga chapel of the church of Santo Spirito in Sassia, with biblical scenes, and returns in 1574 to decorate the chapel of the trinity with more scenes from the New Testament.

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