[4] After the death of the King Vittorio Emanuele II, he created an album containing epigraphs about Italian cities and towns, which was offered to the successor Umberto I, who conferred him the degree of Knight of the Order of the Crown of Italy.

In 1885 he moved to Portugal: due to some appreciated works, he was decorated by the government with the honour of Knight of the Order of Christ.

He returned to Portugal the following year, and he painted the portraits of the members of the royal family and of Luciano de Castro, who had just become President of the Council of Ministers.

[3] Bacchetta was influenced by the style introduced in Crema some decades earlier by Pietro Racchetti, considered the town's first specialized portrait painter.

[6] In the area of Crema, Bacchetta left paintings and frescos in several churches: among them, the Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Croce.