Background
The prince Giardinelli, intendent of that province, helped patronize him, but at the age of 17 years, his father sent him to Naples to work with the painter Giuseppe Cammarano.
The prince Giardinelli, intendent of that province, helped patronize him, but at the age of 17 years, his father sent him to Naples to work with the painter Giuseppe Cammarano.
By late childhood he was apprenticed to a master of calligraphy, in Munteleone di Calabria.
Soon after, he entered the studio of Francesco Citarelli, but unhappy, he went to study with Gennaro Coli. The provincial government granted him a stipend for six years. Sorbilli fought with the Roman Republic.
He then moved to Naples.
He was also awarded for his statue titled Science of Art place in the Technical Institute of Naples. The statue of Cimarosa in the vestibule of the San Carlo Theater, for which he was named honorary professor at the Neapolitan Academy.
His bas-relief of Street Peter freed by Angel is found at the Royal Institute of Fine Arts of Naples.