After having worked in Naples and in the region of Abruzzo, he came to Rome where he passionately studied ancient sculpture and sharpened his own skills in contact with Fr. Duquesnoy, A. Algardi and G.L. Bernini of whom he also was an appreciated collaborator. His ability to maintain the works in the ambit of truly classical measure and composure, partly also due to the study of the painting of Domenichino and Reni, is particularly visible statue of S. Agnese tra le fiamme ( Rome , S. Agnese in Agone) and in the bas-relief with the Martirio di S. Émerenziana in the same church. His other best works ( S. Eustachio tra le belve, Rome ; S. Caterina, Siena; S. Romano, Nepi; papa Alessandro VII, Siena) often have a lightness of light and of components that preludes to the eighteenth century or, reach a transient chiaroscuro of pathetic effect such as in S. Elisabetta di Breslavia . A solid group of sculptors came out of his shop, among which M. Cafa.