He was a brother of Francisco Rizi, and a pupil of Juan Bautista Mayno. He painted several works for Saint Juan Bautista in Burgos, Saint Martin in Madrid, and Monte Cassino in Italy. In the Madrid Museum is a Saint Francis of Assisi by him (?).
He afterwards went to Rome, where he was made an Archbishop (?) by pope Clement X. He died at Monte Cassino in 1681.