From 1891 to 1896, he concentrated on religious art, then returned to genre works and portraits.
His family moved to Naples when he was eight, and in 1871 he enrolled at the Accademia di Belle Arti there and studied with Domenico Morelli.
He submitted four paintings the same year in Rome, including Canzone allegra, which depicts an old man squatting on a stool, playing guitar and singing to a bed-ridden convalescent girl.
In 1884 in Turin, he exhibited Nello studio; in 1887 in Venice: Una partita d'onore and Lezione di musica.
At the 1891 Exposizione Triennale of the Brera Academy, he exhibited Una vecchia canzone.