Italian painter. He studied with Ilario Spolverini (1657-1734) in his native Parma. He moved to Bologna and attended the Accademia Clementina, where he worked under the masters Ercole Lelli (1702-1766), Felice Torelli, and Donato Creti. Then he moved to Rome to work with Agostino Masucci (1690-1768). In 1738, he received first prize for a painting submitted to an exhibition at the Accademia di San Luca in Rome. He also became a priest by 1744. Returning to Parma, he became active in teaching at the local Academy of Fine Arts (founded 1757) and painting mostly altarpieces for churches. Much of his work imitates the style of Carlo Maratti (Masucci's own teacher), although he was also very much influenced by other contemporaries, such as Pompeo Batoni. //