Career
He is said to have received training from Marco Benefial. In 1771, the Prince Marcantonio Borghese commissioned a series of frescoes depicting the Story of Hercules and Apollo for a ground floor hall in the Villa Borghese, Rome. In 1775–1776, he painted canvases with the Story of Galatea, and in 1779, the story of Troy for other rooms in the Villa.
In 1774 he was named academic of the Accademia di San Luca.
He was commissioned to decorate the Gabinetto delle Maschere for the Museo Pio-Clementino of the Vatican. He also worked as a restorer of classic Renaissance canvases.
He became in 1795, the director of the Mosaic Studio of the Vatican. In 1797, he became director of the Accademia del Nudo.
One of his pupils was Luigi Pichler.
There is a self-portrait on exhibit at the Accademia di San Luca in Rome.