Career
Little is known about his training. In the Carnavals of 1756 and 1757, he collaborated with Francesco Grassi in the scenography for the Teatro Ducale and in the commedie francesi being enacted in the Theater of Colorno. On the 28 of January he was paid 704 lire for his work as a scenographer in the French opera Zelindor e Gl"Inca in Perù, the work il balli de Selvaggi, and the work Aci e Galatea.
He painted the canvas of Street Augustine triumphs over Heresy for the church of Santo Stefano, Venice. he also painted for the Sala dell"Archivio of the Scuola Grande dei Carmini and in the Ducal Palace of Venice.
A Resurrection of Christ attributed to Menascardi is in Hood Museum of Art of Dartmouth University.
