Italian sculptor, who studied in Italy under Valerio Villareale (1773-1834), Bertel Thorvaldsen and Pietro Tenerani, and was active in Belgium for many years. In 1846 he finally settled in Paris where he became close to the court of the Second Empire. He exhibited at the Salon between 1846 and 1856 earning the prestigious Légion d'honneur for his work in 1856. His subjects ranged broadly from historical and classical to ecclesiastical and allegorical. //