He was born in
Canelli in 1670 (according to some sources on 5 March 1662). He soon moved to
Asti. His artistic training is not known. According to Lanzi, he made his own manner of painting, that is, he resented the Maratta and the Carracci school, with some echoes from Correggio. His activity, very fervent, however, took place within his region. He likely trained with
Giovanni Battista Fariano in Asti. By the turn of the century, he moved to
Rome to pursue further training. Returning to Asti, he wed the daughter of the painter
Giovanni Antonio Laveglia. In Canelli, there are two canvases,
Death of St Joseph and an
Immaculate Conception located in the parish church of San Tommaso. Other paintings in the city include a
Pentecost, an
Epiphany, a
St Roch among the pestilent and a
St George. Many of his frescoes, painted in the
Rococo manner, have been lost along with the churches for which they were made. Two from Sant’Anastasio, Asti (demolished in 1907) are conserved in the town's civic art gallery in
Palazzo Mazzetti:
Tobias and the Angel, and
Healing of the Paralysed. The Gallery also exhibits
St Anne between St Carlo Borromeo and Ste Cristina. The
Miracle of Saint Clare is depicted at the church of Santa Chiara in
Cuneo. He died in Asti in 1727. He had two sons: Carlo Filippo, born in Asti, who died after 1776, a civil architect and theatre designer, and Giuseppe Amedeo, known as Abate Aliberti, born in Asti around 1710, who died in 1772, a painter, also known by the name of Gian Giacomo. ==Notes==