Career
Born in Naples, he began his studies at the Royal Institute of Fine Arts of Naples. His altarpiece of Virgin and the souls of Purgatory is found in Santa Maria del Soccorso in Arenella. The same palace once held Spanò"s Madonna colonel Bambino.
He painted also a Madonna del Platano (1859).
A Madonna (sent to pope to decorate Pro Pontifice et Ecclesia). He was commissioned four large canvases for the Cathedral of Smyrna: Street Peter and Paul.
Protectors of Smyrna. San Vincenzo di Paola and San Paolo.
In the interior of the Church of the Nunziatella located at the military academy at Pizzofalcone was a San Francesco di Paola con monsignore Girolamo degli Adorni.
Among his works: Theseus battles the Minotaur, awarded a silver medal first class. And Prophet Jeremiah predicts the Ruin of Jerusalem, awarded a silver medal.
