Background
He was born at Bologna, and was instructed in that city, where he brought himself into notice at the age of fifteen.
He was born at Bologna, and was instructed in that city, where he brought himself into notice at the age of fifteen.
In 1820 he was in Rome and Naples, and during 1822 and 1825, in Venice, where he became Professor at the Accademia di Belle Arti in 1838, and Professor of Painting in 1848. He died in Venice. He was facile both in history and portrait paintings. Among his first works was a Marius besieged by the Cimbri.
In 1822, he painted the Oath of the Horatii.
In 1835, he painted the doomed Doge Marino Faliero. In 1836, Cain, Madonna Lia, and Torquato Tasso a Sant"Anna.
In 1841, he painted the Death of Marco Botzaris. Among his pupils were Antonio Dugoni, Pompeo Marino Molmenti, Cesare Dell"Acqua and Antonio Zona.