[1] He initially trained with a little-known painter, Barlamo Castellini, but soon moved to work with the team of Giacomo Antonio Mannini and Marcantonio Chiarini.
With Garofalini, he painted for a fresco of Venus caressing Love for Casa Ghisilieri.
Along with Garofalini, a figure painter, he painted the chapel in San Tommaso del Mercato, Bologna.
In the main chapel of the church of Madonna di Galliera, he painted alongside Giuseppe Marchesi.
Like many a ceiling fresco artist, Luca suffered a number of severe falls from scaffolds.