He was influenced by Carlo Francesco Nuvolone (died 1702) but studied and worked with Filippo Abbiati.
[1] Together they painted frescoes (1707) for the cupola of San Nazaro in Brolo (Milan).
His other fresco was the Night of Hercules (or Heracles) and Hebe (Le nozze di Ercole e Ebe) at the upper hall in the Palazzo Durini in Milan.
Other works of Maggi include a Madonna and St Joseph (1713) for the church of San Guadenzio in Varallo Sesia[2] an Assumption of the Virgin for the church of Santa Maria dei Crociferi in Milan, and a Resurrection for the church of Santa Maria di Canepanova in Pavia.
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