 He began to study a classical education in Letters at the Seminary of San Marco, but when he was given a half-stipend by the province, he moved to Naples to study Veterinary Medicine, but in Naples he gravitated to study design under professor Giuseppe Cammarano, until he gained another scholarship to study painting at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Naples.Exempt from military service when he won a contest, in 1860 he became instructor of the Institute of Fine Arts, where introduced his text on Geometric Design, and in 1872, he won a position as professor of Design at the school in Portici.Among his works