Livio Agresti

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Livio Agresti

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

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
painter of the late-Renaissance

Renaissance

The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe....
or Mannerist

Mannerism

Mannerism is a Art periods of European art which emerged from the later years of the Italian High Renaissance around 1520. It lasted until about 1580 in Italy, when a more Baroque style began to replace it, but continued into the seventeenth century throughout much of Europe....
period, active both in his native city of Forlì

Forlì

Forl? is a comune and city in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, famed as the birthplace of the great painter Melozzo da Forl?, of the Renaissance humanism historian Flavio Biondo, of the famous physicians Geronimo Mercuriali and Giovanni Battista Morgagni....
and in Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
, where he died. He was one of the members of the so-called "Forlì painting school

Forlì painting school

The Forl? painting school was a group of Italy Renaissance Paintings, all born in Forl? or near Forl?, between the XIV century and the XVII centuries....
". He joined the Roman Accademia di San Luca

Accademia di San Luca

The Accademia di San Luca, was an association of artists in Rome, founded in 1593 with the directorship of Federico Zuccari, with the purpose of elevating the work of "artists" above that of craftsman....
in 1534.

Initially a pupil of Francesco Menzocchi

Francesco Menzocchi

Francesco Menzocchi was an Italy painter of the late-Renaissance and Mannerism period, belonging to the Forl? painting school and active mainly in Forl? and Pesaro....
, 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
Pinacoteca Civica di Forlì

The Pinacoteca Civica of Forl?, one of the civic museums of Forl? and currently based in the Musei di San Domenico, is an Italian art gallery. Artists whose works it has examples of include:...
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Livio Agresti (1508 - 1580), also called Ritius or Ricciutello, was an Italian
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
painter of the late-Renaissance
Renaissance

The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe....
or Mannerist
Mannerism

Mannerism is a Art periods of European art which emerged from the later years of the Italian High Renaissance around 1520. It lasted until about 1580 in Italy, when a more Baroque style began to replace it, but continued into the seventeenth century throughout much of Europe....
period, active both in his native city of Forlì
Forlì

Forl? is a comune and city in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, famed as the birthplace of the great painter Melozzo da Forl?, of the Renaissance humanism historian Flavio Biondo, of the famous physicians Geronimo Mercuriali and Giovanni Battista Morgagni....
and in Rome
Rome

Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
, where he died. He was one of the members of the so-called "Forlì painting school
Forlì painting school

The Forl? painting school was a group of Italy Renaissance Paintings, all born in Forl? or near Forl?, between the XIV century and the XVII centuries....
". He joined the Roman Accademia di San Luca
Accademia di San Luca

The Accademia di San Luca, was an association of artists in Rome, founded in 1593 with the directorship of Federico Zuccari, with the purpose of elevating the work of "artists" above that of craftsman....
in 1534.

Initially a pupil of Francesco Menzocchi
Francesco Menzocchi

Francesco Menzocchi was an Italy painter of the late-Renaissance and Mannerism period, belonging to the Forl? painting school and active mainly in Forl? and Pesaro....
, 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
Pinacoteca Civica di Forlì

The Pinacoteca Civica of Forl?, one of the civic museums of Forl? and currently based in the Musei di San Domenico, is an Italian art gallery. Artists whose works it has examples of include:...
. In 1539, he painted in the church of Santa Maria dei Servi. In 1542, he travelled to Ravenna
Ravenna

Ravenna is a city and comune in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. The city is inland, but is connected to the Adriatic Sea by a canal. Ravenna once served as the seat of the Western Roman Empire and later the Ostrogoths and the Exarchate of 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
Perin del Vaga

Perino del Vaga or Perin del Vaga, nickname of Piero Buonaccorsi , was an Italy painter of the Late Renaissance/Mannerism....
. Agresti also helps decorate the church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin
Santa Maria in Cosmedin

The Basilica of Saint Mary in Cosmedin is a minor basilica churches of Rome Rome, Italy. It is located in the rione of ripa ....
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In 1555-6, he decorates the Gonzaga chapel of the church of Santo Spirito in Sassia
Santo Spirito in Sassia

Santo Spirito in Sassia is a 12th century basilica churches in Rome Rome.The church stands on the site of King Ine of Wessex's Schola Sacorum or Saxon School, a charitable institution for Saxon pilgrims....
, with biblical scenes, and returns in 1574 to decorate the chapel of the trinity with more scenes from the New Testament.

Works

Rome
Rome

Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
: Church of Santo Spirito in Sassia
Santo Spirito in Sassia

Santo Spirito in Sassia is a 12th century basilica churches in Rome Rome.The church stands on the site of King Ine of Wessex's Schola Sacorum or Saxon School, a charitable institution for Saxon pilgrims....
Rome
Rome

Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
: Church of Santa Caterina dei Funari
Santa Caterina dei Funari

Santa Caterina dei Funari is a church in Rome in Italy. It was built by Guidetto Guidetti between 1560 and 1564.External links...
Rome
Rome

Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
: Oratorio del Gonfalone
Oratorio del Gonfalone

The Oratorio del Gonfalone or Oratory of the Banner is a building in Central Rome which once housed a Catholic fraternity.Founded in 1264 under the name of the Accomandati di Madonna Santa Maria, over the centuries the group dedicated itself to various activities, including the participation in religious processions as banner carri...
Rome
Rome

Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
: Chiesa di Santa Maria della Consolazione
Santa Maria della Consolazione

Santa Maria della Consolazione is a Roman Catholic church in Rome at the foot of the Palatine Hill, in rione Campitelli....
Tivoli
Tivoli, Italy

Tivoli, the classical Tibur, is an ancient Italy town in Lazio, about 30 km from Rome, at the falls of the Aniene river, where it issues from the Sabine hills....
: Villa d'Este, where he had the direction of decoration at the noble floor.
Vatican: Sala Regia (Vatican)
Sala Regia (Vatican)

The Sala Regia is a state hall of the Vatican City Palace, in the Vatican City.Although not intended as such, this broad room is really an antechamber to the Sistine Chapel, reached by the Scala Regia....
Forlì
Forlì

Forl? is a comune and city in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, famed as the birthplace of the great painter Melozzo da Forl?, of the Renaissance humanism historian Flavio Biondo, of the famous physicians Geronimo Mercuriali and Giovanni Battista Morgagni....
: Pinacoteca (Museum)
Roncofreddo
Roncofreddo

Roncofreddo is a town and comune in the Province of Forl?-Cesena in the Italy region Emilia-Romagna, located about 90 km southeast of Bologna and about 30 km southeast of Forl?....
: Pieve di Santa Paola with two frescoes: Madonna and child and Saint Catherine of Alexandria
Terni
Terni

Terni is an ancient town of Italy, capital of Province of Terni in southern Umbria, in the plain of the Nera River . It is 104 km N of Rome, 36 km NW of Rieti, and 29 km S of Spoleto....
: Duomo
Amelia: Church of San Giovanni Decollato o dell'Ospedaletto
Narni
Narni

Narni is an ancient hilltown and comune of Umbria in central Italy, with 20,100 inhabitants according to the 2003 census; at altitude 240 m it overhangs a narrow gorge of the Nera River, Italy in the province of Terni....
: Pinacoteca (museum)