Carlo Dolci Portrait of Archduchess Claudia Felicitas of Austria 1672 oil on canvas Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
Carlo Dolci Portrait of Vittoria della Rovere, Grand Duchess of Tuscany ca. 1650 oil on canvas Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
"Son of a tailor, Carlo Dolci was the most important Florentine painter of the 17th century. He entered the studio of Jacopo Vignali in about 1625, and his prodigious output secured him a high reputation from an early age. By the 1640s demand for his work had grown to such an extent that he often repeated compositions. Dolci was a meticulous and also a slow worker. His highly refined style differs greatly from contemporary Italian painters, and may show the influence of the Dutch pictures to which he would have had access in the Medici collections."
– from curator's notes at the National Gallery, London
Carlo Dolci Salome with the Head of St John the Baptist ca. 1665-70 oil on canvas Royal Collection, Great Britain |
Carlo Dolci Salome with the Head of St John the Baptist ca. 1681-85 oil on canvas Glasgow Museums |
Carlo Dolci St Catherine of Siena ca. 1665 oil on panel Dulwich Picture Gallery, London |
Carlo Dolci Tobias and the Archangel Raphael ca. 1630-40 oil on canvas private collection |
Carlo Dolci St Matthew writing his Gospel ca. 1670-80 oil on canvas Getty Museum, Los Angeles |
Carlo Dolci St Christina of Bolsena ca. 1650-55 oil on panel National Trust, Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire |
Carlo Dolci St John the Baptist ca. 1645 oil on canvas National Trust, Hatchlands Park, Surrey |
Carlo Dolci St Andrew praying before his Martyrdom 1643 oil on canvas Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Warwickshire |
Carlo Dolci Adoration of the Magi ca. 1633-34 oil on canvas Glasgow Museums |
Carlo Dolci Virgin and Child with the infant St John the Baptist ca. 1635-38 oil on panel Museum of Fine Arts, Houston |
Carlo Dolci Allegory of Patience 1677 oil on canvas private collection |
Carlo Dolci Charity 1659 oil on canvas Museo Civico, Prato |
Carlo Dolci Virgin of the Annunciation ca. 1650-60 oil on canvas Musée du Louvre |