 He first trained locally with Camuncoli, then Giovanni Battista Frulli and the engraver Francesco Rosaspina in Bologna, then moved to Rome to the circle of Canova and Minardi.In Reggio, he painted a "St John the Baptist" for Cathedral of Reggio; a "Santa Filomena" for church of San Giorgio; a "San Bartolomeo and other Saints" for church of San Francesco; and a "San Gaetano" and a "San Rocco" for church of San Rocco.He also painted portraits for Professor Bonaventura Corti, Giuseppe Garofali, Doctor Giovanni Battista Spallanzani, Francesco IV, and Napoleon I. Rocco engraved his designs for a "History of Scandiano".