 They returned home in 1814 and, the following year, he began studying Latin at the Colegio Tridentino.Soon after, he received his first art lessons from his father, but they were ended after a short time by his father's premature death.He then continued his studies at the Escola de la Llotja and in the workshop of Joan Carles Anglès (?-1822), where he studied architecture and geometry as well as the mechanics of painting.