With his skill at miniature carving and intaglio work, he initially joined the studio of Gian Lorenzo Bernini in Rome.
He had a remarkable talent in the art of carving tiny objects in wood.
He astounded his peers by the unique intricacy of his minute works, which he completed unaided.
Or he would carve a surface full of tiny figures of two armies in battle, thin arabesques intertwining across the scene.
he carved on another piece, a prodigious hunting scene with multitude of hunters and horses, and forests with parts that seem slimmer than a spider's web in a network of almost surpassing subtlety.