Carlo Dolci, byname
Carlino
(born May 25, 1616, Florence [Italy]—died Jan. 17,
1687, Florence), Italian painter, one of the last representatives of the
Florentine school of Baroque painting, whose mainly devotional works
are characterized by their oversweet and languid piety.
Dolci
studied with a minor local painter and at an extremely early age showed a
talent for portrait painting. Failing to develop significantly in this
direction, however, he vowed, inspired by Counter-Reformation teachings,
to devote his career to painting religious subjects. At a time when
other Florentine artists migrated to Rome, the centre of monumental
Baroque painting, Dolci remained in Tuscany and developed his manner out
of the more sober, static native traditions of Florence.
Dolci
painted pictures that were highly popular in his day. The figures in his
dramatically concentrated compositions are typically half-length and
treated with refinement of detail, soft colour, and strong contrasts of
light and dark.
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