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. He is described as an excellent painter of animals. He often painted small canvases. Along with Stratta and

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, he traveled to

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where he worked under

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. At the 1870 Promotrice in Turin, he exhibited ''La Sera'', ''un cantuccio della Stalla'', and ''Il primo solco''. At the 1871 Promotrice he displayed ''Schezzo dal vero'', ''I SS martiri'', ''Il passero di Lesbia'', a first study of ''Lungo Dora'', and ''December'' (Vanchiglia). At the 1889 Turin Exposition, he displayed: ''Il lavoro pel bimbo''; ''Prime affezioni''; ''Vita rustica''; and ''Primavera, lungo Dora''. And at the 1884: ''Occupazioni invernali''; ''La vera pace''; ''L'ora di mangiare''; ''Portrait d'uomo'' ; ''Lontano dalla politica''; and ''Casolare rustico''. At the 1886 Milan Exposition, he sent ''Verso sera''. ''Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti.''
by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 357. Stella lists his last entries in Exhibitions in 1889; his increased religiosity prompted him to become a priest, and function as a secretary to the Bishop of

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, but still engaged in painting.

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19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 20th-century Italian painters 1849 births 1937 deaths Painters from Turin Italian painters of animals Accademia Albertina alumni 19th-century Italian male artists 20th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-19thC-stub