- Livio Agresti
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 ofForlì and inRome , where he died. He was one of the members of the so-called "Forlì painting school ". He joined the RomanAccademia 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 theDuomo di Forlì , now in the localPinacoteca Civica di Forlì . In 1539, he painted in the church of Santa Maria dei Servi. In 1542, he travelled toRavenna , where he paints for the a canvas of "Bishops" now kept in the Cathedral of Ariani. In 1544, he frescoes "Allegorical figures" in theSala Paolina ofCastel Sant’Angelo in Rome, under the supervision ofPerin del Vaga . Agresti also helps decorate the church ofSanta 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.Works
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Rome : Church ofSanto Spirito in Sassia
*Rome : Church ofSanta Caterina dei Funari
*Rome :Oratorio del Gonfalone
*Rome : Chiesa diSanta Maria della Consolazione
* Tivoli: Villa d'Este, where he had the direction of decoration at the noble floor.
*Vaticano : Palazzo Apostolico, Sala Regia
*Forlì : Pinacoteca (Museum)
*Roncofreddo : Pieve di Santa Paola with two frescoes: "Madonna and child" and "Saint Catherine of Alexandria"
*Terni : Duomo
* Amelia: Church ofSan Giovanni Decollato o dell'Ospedaletto
*Narni : Pinacoteca (museum)
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