AGRESTI, LIVIO, known as RICCIUTO. — Mannerist painter from Forlì, whose year of birth is unknown; he died in 1580. His teacher was Francesco Mensocchi, heir to the art of Parmigianino and Dosso, and he was associated with Luca Longhi in Ravenna before coming to Rome, where he was influenced by Raffaello’s late works. His subjects are exclusively religious: his first dated work is a Crosafazione for Amelia (1557). He subsequently painted in Forlì, Ravenna, Terni, Narni, and Rome (the Sala Regia of the Vatican Palace [1561], S. Caterina de' Funari, the Oratorio del Gonfalone, etc.). His style does not depart greatly from that of the late followers of the Roman tradition.
BIBL.: Anon., s. V. in Thieme-Becker, I, p. 135; U. Gnoli, Pittori e miniatori nell'Umbria, Spoleto 1923; G. Boccolini, A proposito del restauro di un quadro dell'A. in Cattedrale, Terni 1935, Giovanni Piva