
Approval of the Rules of the Franciscan Order by Pope Innocent III in 1209
<p>Saint Francis kneels before Pope Innocent III as he sanctioned the establishment of the Franciscan order by his gesture. By the time of the Counter-Reformation, these were cornerstone traditions that reformers such as Cardinal Carlo Borromeo upheld in their reevaluation of the Roman Catholic faith after the Council of Trent.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1528
- Dimensions
- Sight: 28.8 × 20.3 cm (11 3/8 × 8 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Livio Agresti
Artist

Painting
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 of Forlì and in Rome, where he died. He was one of the members of the "Forlì painting school".
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The Lamentation
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- Livio Agresti
- Year
- 1528
- Dimensions
- Sight: 28.8 × 20.3 cm (11 3/8 × 8 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1528-116905
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified




