From there, he moved to the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence and studied under professor Antonio Ciseri.

He also painted literary subjects from the works of Byron and Pietro Grossi; and a half-figure costume genre of Dopo il ballo donated to the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence.

In the latter, a young woman after a masked ball, lounges in a chair still in her gay costume.

Other genre paintings, include La Freddolosa and l'Estate; and the pair Aspettando and i Preparativi.

He also painted ceramics with still lifes of fruit and game, and small figures.