He kept in contact with his brother Filippo by letter and shared the results of his artistic explorations.
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In 1851 he went to Paris, and studied under Couture and Palizzi; thence to Italy, and home to Berlin in 1853, completing his studies under Carl Steffeck.
He first studied under Gaetano D'Agostino, but later enrolled at the Royal Institute of Fine Arts in Naples, where he studied under Filippo Palizzi, Domenico Morelli and Stanislao Lista.