sentences:  From 1888 to 1890 he was president of the Accademia di San Luca.The last official task of the artist was to participate in 1896 in the juried competition, "Per una memoria sulla tecnica dei dipinti", launched by the Ministry of Education public, replacing Francesco Jacovacci.He was reduced to inactivity in 1898, the same year of the death of his wife, and died in Rome on February 21, 1901.