Bacchiacca specialised in small-scale paintings and decorative designs mainly for domestic settings. In these detailed and colourful works he combined a rich variety of figures and animals, often derived from other artists' paintings and prints. He was born in Florence and trained in Perugino's studio. He absorbed all he could from Perugino and was also influenced by Andrea del Sarto's work. The charm of Bacchiacca's paintings lies above all in their unusual colour combinations
A period in European culture from the fourteenth to the sixteenth centuries in which the visual arts flourished with advances in the treatment of anatomy and the use of perspective. It is particularly associated with Italy, where it began, though the term applies elsewhere. It is noted for a revival of interest in the cultures of ancient Greece and Rome.