Career
He was initially a pupil of Donato Creti, then a pupil of the painter Marcantonio Franceschini. Also called Garofolini by Luigi Lanzi. He painted along with his fellow pupil, Ferdinando Cairo, the vault of the church of Sant"Antonio in Brescia, as well as some side altarpieces.
He painted two large canvases for large pictures for the Church of the Scalzi Priests.
He also worked on the Sanctuary of Santa Maria Lacrimosa (to which later was added the tag degli Alemanni).
