Livio Agresti

Livio Agresti (1508–1580), also called Ritius or Ricciutello, was an

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Biography

Initially a pupil of

in Rome.

In 1555–6, he decorated the Gonzaga Chapel in the Church of Santo Spirito in Sassia with biblical scenes, and returned in 1574 to decorate the Chapel of the Trinity with more scenes from the New Testament.

The most recently discovered work of Agresti came to light in June 2009 in

, assigned to the old master by Alex Cavallucci.

The

which, although attributed to Agresti, has no verifiable provenance.

One of his pupils was Litardo Piccioli.^[2]

Works

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• Cesena: Cesena Cathedral
• Rome: Church of Santo Spirito in Sassia
• Rome: Church of Santa Caterina dei Funari
• Rome: Oratorio del Gonfalone
• Rome: Church of Santa Maria della Consolazione
• Villa d'Este
  , where he had the direction of decoration at the noble floor.
• Vatican: Sala Regia (Vatican)
• Forlì: Pinacoteca (Museum)
• Roncofreddo: Pieve di Santa Paola with two frescoes: Madonna and Child and Saint Catherine of Alexandria
• Terni: Terni Cathedral
• Saint John Beheaded
  ") or dell'Ospedaletto ("of the Hospital")
• Narni: Pinacoteca (museum)
• Bergen, Norway: Bergen Art Museum ("Autumn Allegory")

References

• Boni, Filippo de' (1852). Biografia degli artisti ovvero dizionario della vita e delle opere dei pittori, degli scultori, degli intagliatori, dei tipografi e dei musici di ogni nazione che fiorirono da'tempi più remoti sino á nostri giorni. Seconda Edizione.. Venice; Googlebooks: Presso Andrea Santini e Figlio. p. 8.