Italian sculptor. In 1833 he was called to Hungary by the Archbishop of Eger, László Pyrker, and was commissioned to prepare the rich sculptural decoration of the Cathedral of Eger. Besides the attic figures and the monumental statues placed by the stairs, he was the creator of the representations of episodes from Christ's life filling 28 timber panels in the interior. In those works one can see the traces of the work of a thoughtful and well-trained sculptor without any stronger individual flavour. Personal characteristics are more visible in the mythological reliefs he made after settling down in Budapest in 1837. He was also engaged in portrait sculpture, and after 1841 he worked on the sculptural decorations of the Cathedral of Esztergom. After the suppression of the war of independence of 1948-49 he returned to Venice. In 1856 he returned to Eger to complete some of his sculptures there. It was a great merit of his that he organised a sculptors' workshop whereby contributed to the creation of a sculptural school.