He received a broad education in writing and philosophy. He traveled to
Naples to observe masters there, then to Venice. In 1708, he painted two large canvases, depicting the
Assumption of Mary and
Saints Faustino and Giovita in Adoration of the Cross for the Duomo Vecchio, but now in
Duomo Nuovo of Brescia. In 1709, he lost a commission to
Andrea Celesti to paint for the Duomo of
Verolanuova. He painted a
San Liborio (1711) for the
Duomo Vecchio, also transferred to the Duomo Nuovo. He painted three scenes of the
Passion of Christ (1712) for a via cruces in the chapel of the Santissimi Sacramento of
Sant'Agata in Brescia; a
Madonna con St Alberto Carmelitano (1721) for the church of the
Carmine; a
St Matthew and the Angel (1726) for
Santa Maria della Carità ; an altarpiece of
Christ appears to Saints Pellegrino Laziosi, and Giuliano Confalonieri (1735) for
Sant'Alessandro ; an altarpiece depicting
Santi Nicola da Bari, Sebastiano, e Rocco (1737) for the sacristy of the parish of
Orzivecchi; an altarpiece of
Martyrdon of St Erasmus (1738) for
San Zeno al Foro; and a
Holy Trinity (1738) for
San Francesco. In Brescia in the church of
San Pietro in Oliveto, the altarpiece in the second altar on the left, depicting
St John of the Cross in Contemplation, is attributed to him. he painted a series of eight Saints for the
Oratory of the Disciplini, Ostiano, province of Cremona.
Giuseppe Zola was one of his pupils. ==References==