He studied with Juan Conchillos and, in addition to his artwork, was known as a dancer, theatrical performer and fencer.
He moved to Palma de Mallorca in 1709 to paint the communion chapel at the Convent of San Francisco and married a woman who said she was a widow of someone who had been taken captive in Algiers, which nullified their marriage.
He finally married María Teresa Llacer, a young woman who survived him by fifty years.
After that marriage, he settled permanently in Valencia, dedicating himself to painting and teaching, for which he maintained a private drawing school at his home.
[2] The well known artists who took classes at his school include Ignacio Vergara, Hipólito Rovira [es] and Cristóbal Valero.