He was a student of
Mario Balassi and
Lorenzo Lippi. For many years, he was an official painter to the Grand Duchess of Tuscany,
Vittoria della Rovere. He often worked in collaboration with
Bartolomeo Bimbi, under command of the
Médicis, to produce tableaux featuring animals and plants. His tableaux are mentioned in the inventories of the
Villa di Poggio Imperiale. Many of his works were in the possession of
Cosimo III de' Medici, who installed them in the and the
Villa Medicea L'Ambrogiana. His paintings of bouquets are distinguished from those of Bimbi by darker shading, brighter colors and the use of Baroque vases. His son, Pietro Neri Scacciati (1684-1749), was also a painter and appears to have specialized in birds. == References ==