 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akaberekerwa muBergamo kumhuri yakabva kuSwitzerland. Baba vake nevanununa vake vaiva nefekitari yesirika uye baba vake vaiva muunganidzi uye aida mabhuku. Gustavo akapedza kudzidza paYunivhesiti yePisa muzvinyorwa zveItaly muna 1864 uye muna 1866 akava muzvipiri muuto raGaribaldi muHondo yechitatu yeItaly yeRusununguko. Mushure mekufa kwababa vaFrizzoni, shamwari yemhuri uye munyori wenhoroondo yehunyanzvi Giovanni Morelli akatora dzidzo yaFrizzoni nevaninina vake. 