Carlo Dolci (1616-1687)

• Was an Italian Baroque painter.
• Known for highly finished religious pictures, often repeated in many versions.

• Dolci was known for his piety.

• It is said that every year during Passion Week he painted a half-figure of the Savior wearing the Crown of Thorns.
• In 1682, when he saw Giordano, nicknamed "fa presto" (quick worker), paint more in five hours than he could have completed in months, he fell into a depression.
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