He was born in
Siena, and worked there.
Bernardino Fungai may have been his teacher; Pacchiarotti's style is influenced by Fungai, as well as
Matteo di Giovanni,
Perugino, and
Signorelli. He fled to France where he joined
Rosso Fiorentino in the work at
Fontainebleau. He may be the
Girolamo di Pacchia mentioned by
Vasari in his chapter on
il Sodoma. He painted a
St. Catherine and
St. Catherine visits the body of Agnes of Montepulciano now in the Pinacoteca of Siena. He painted frescoes on the
Birth of the Virgin and the
Annunciation for the church of San Bernardino. A number of his paintings are in Siena. He is recorded as having been a designer for
pageants, and was active in the Sienese resistance against
Florence. One of his most important works is a tempera on panel representing the
Madonna and Child with Saints, was once housed in the Church of
Santi Margherita e Matteo in
Ortignano Raggiolo, in the
province of Arezzo. ==Legacy==