Career
Along with Lorenzo Pasinelli, he trained under Flaminio Torre. Another pupil was Pier Francesco Cavazza. He directed a school at Bologna rivaling that of Carlo Cignani.
He painted many pictures for the public buildings of Bologna, among them an Annunciation in San Giuseppe (Sposo).
And at the Basilica of the Servi, he painted a Glory of Street Filippo Benizi and the Coronation of the Virgin. Among his etchings are:
Christ crowned with Thorns & Street Francis with Infant Jesus in his arms after Annibale Carracci
Dido and War after Ludovico Carracci.