Career
He is known for having engraved the Greek Vases of the Hamilton collection (1795). He was patronized as a portrait painter by the aristocracy and court. He became superintendent and restorer for the Museo Borbonico (1813).
He became a professor of design with the Neapolitan Real Accademia delle Belle Arti.
In 1841, he was secretary to the Academy. Filippo Balbi and Michele de Napoli were among his pupils.
Among his pupils was Giuseppe Marsigli.