[1][2] Pisani studied in Rome at the Accademia di San Luca but returned to Malta in 1874 after contracting malaria.

[4] In 1885, Pisani was awarded a silver medal at the Colonial Exhibition in London for his work the Death of Abel.

At the time of his death he was working on frescos in the churches of Siggiewi and Mġarr which he left unfinished.

[3] The artist's daughter, Maria Rosa Lazzaro, bequeathed a collection of eleven of her father's paintings to Heritage Malta in 2008 which were exhibited between 15 January – 25 March 2008.

The exhibition also included a catalogue published on the occasion which was written by the art historian Lino Borg.