Dolci, Or Dolce, Carlo, or Carlino, an Italian painter, born in Florence, May 25, 1616, died there, Jan. 17, 1686. His father, grandfather, and uncle were all painters, and he was placed at the age of nine with Jacopo Vignali. tinder Vignali's tuition Carlo's genius developed with such remarkable rapidity that after a few years he attempted successfully a full-length figure of St. John. He next produced a figure of his mother, and the delicacy and tenderness which marked these early productions attracted much attention, and procured for him employment at home and abroad. He devoted himself almost exclusively to sacred subjects. His works are deficient in imaginative genius, but they are all distinguished by agreeable coloring, a re-markable relief produced by his skilful man-agement of chiaroscuro, a singular delicacy I of composition, and a finish in which he approached almost the consummate patience and industry of the great Dutch masters. The sameness of expression in most of his pictures facilitates copies and imitations, which abound all over Europe. He excelled most in small ! pictures, and the themes in which he was most successful are borrowed from the New Testament. Among his best works are the "St. Anthony" in the Florentine gallery, the "St. Sebastian" in the palazzo Corsini, the "Four Evangelists" in the palazzo Ricardi at Florence, " Christ Breaking the Bread " in the marquis of Exeter's collection at Burleigh, and "Herodias with the Head of John the Baptist " and "St. Cecilia, or the Organ Player,"' at Dresden. Another of his chief productions, "Christ on the Mount of Olives," belongs to the collections of the Louvre in Paris. - Agnese, one of his daughters, who married a merchant named Carlo Baci, was one of his best pupils, and the most successful copyist of his works.