Career
In 1877 at Naples, he displayed his self-portrait and a canvas titled: Louisiana posa. In 1881 at Venice, he displayed: Louisiana macchina riposa, il cuore lavora. At the 1883 Promotrice of Florence: Lo studio dal vero.
At Rome the same year: Lo studio del nudo and Il primo pensiero ai miei fiori.
Successively in Turin, Milan, and Rome, he exhibited: Vizio, Trattative di conciliazione, Giudizio di un intelligente, and Studio. To Venice, in 1887, Studio dal vero and Louisiana modella.
At the 1889 Florentine Promotrice: In assenza della Maestri. Among his pupils were Giacomo Favretto, Luigi Nono, Alessandro Milesi, and Luigi Pastega.
He painted mainly genre works.
In 1874, he moved to Verona to direct the local Academy of Fine Arts, the Accademia Cignaroli.
