Career
He was a pupil of Francesco Solimena. Little is known of his biography. Among his works is a Madonna of the Rosary with Saints Dominic and Rosa of Lima (signed and dated 1755), once found in the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie a Caponapoli.
He painted a Madonna and Dominican Saints (signed, 1756) once found in the sacristy of the church of Donnaromita.
The latter church has a fresco of San Nicola and Sant’Apollonia attributed to Schiano, and two deteriorated canvases of Street Luke painting the Virgin and the Charity of Street Augustine (1762). He painted two canvases (1769) for the church of Santa Maria di Portosalvo and in its burial ground, a Street Lazarus next to the main altar.
He painted a Crucifixion (1776) found on the right of the main altar of the church of San Francesco d’Assisi in Forio d’Ischia.