Background
He was born in Zurich, the son of an Italian Protestant preacher living in Switzerland.
He was born in Zurich, the son of an Italian Protestant preacher living in Switzerland.
A collection of his vedute has been published. He trained with Johann Jakob Wetzel, and came to Rome in 1832, along with the fellow pupil Jakob Suter (1805–1874). In Rome, he was influenced by the circle of Neoclassical artists around Bertel Thorvaldsen He died in Como, Italy.