AGRESTI, Livio

Italian painter, a pupil of Francesco Menzocchi (1502-1574). In 1535 he painted the frescoes of the Eucharist and the Prophets for the Chapel of the Sacrament in Forli Cathedral (now in the Pinacoteca Civica di Forli). In 1539, he painted in the Church of Santa Maria dei Servi. He joined the Accademia di San Luca in Rome in 1534. In 1544, he painted the frescoes of allegorical figures in the Sala Paolina of the Castel Sant’Angelo in Rome, under the supervision of Perino del Vaga. Agresti also helped decorate the church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin in Rome.

In 1555-56, 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.