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Pacchiarotti, Giacomo
(b Siena, 1474; d Viterbo, 1539–40). Italian painter. His style was influenced by Bernardino Fungai, who was possibly his teacher, and by Matteo di Giovanni, Perugino and Signorelli. His works include the Visitation with SS Michael and Francis (c. 1510; Siena, Pin. N.) and the Ascension (1530; Siena, Pin. N.), the Virgin and Child with Saints (1520; Casole d’Elsa, Pal. Com.) and the decorations executed between 1507 and 1514 for the Cappella Piccolomini, S Francesco, Siena (destr.). Often characterized as an imitator of 15th-century models, he is more significant for his synthesis of High Renaissance tendencies into a distinctly Sienese pattern of eclecticism. His linear definition, sculptural figures, self-conscious displays of perspective and harmony of design exemplify the stylistic background against which Beccafumi’s Mannerism was formed. Pacchiarotti is also documented as a designer of pageants and was active in the resistance against Florence.
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