This role included preparing the annual inaugural speeches, which often expressed the Accademia's political viewpoints.
During the 1830s, he was an art critic for the literary magazine Biblioteca Italiana [it], and served as one of its Directors.
[1] His most familiar work is a book of engravings and essays; Scuola di Lionardo da Vinci in Lombardia, created from 1808 to 1811.
He also modelled two figures for the Duomo di Milano, representing Saint Bartholomew and Ezekiel.
[2] Some of his engravings were included in the Pictorial and historical journey to the three lakes Maggiore, Lugano and Como by the German engravers Friedrich Lose [de] and his wife, Caroline (1784-1837), who both worked in Milan.