Among his first works were frescoes of the Death of Hector and Flight of the Vestals painted for the house of his uncle, Pietro Borghesi.

[1] He obtained a stipend from the Duchy in 1823, and used it to study and work for years in Rome, where he also painted scenography for the Teatro Argentina.

Returning to Parma in 1830, he was nominated professor of painting at the Parmesan Academy of Fine Arts.

In Parma, he worked as a restorer, including of the frescoes of Parmigianino at the Rocca Sanvitale of Fontanellato.

He painted the ceiling and theater curtain (sipario) of the new Teatro Regio of Parma.