Chapter I: Front Matter

MASTERPIECES
IN COLOUR
EDITED BY
T. LEMAN HARE

CARLO DOLCI

IN THE SAME SERIES

ARTIST. AUTHOR.

VELAZQUEZ. S. L. BENSUSAN.
REYNOLDS. S. L. BENSUSAN.
TURNER. C. LEWIS HIND.
ROMNEY. C. LEWIS HIND.
GREUZE. ALYS EYRE MACKLIN.
BOTTICELLI. HENRY B. BINNS.
ROSSETTI. LUCIEN PISSARRO.
BELLINI. GEORGE HAY.
FRA ANGELICO. JAMES MASON.
REMBRANDT. JOSEF ISRAELS.
LEIGHTON. A. LYS BALDRY.
RAPHAEL. PAUL G. KONODY.
HOLMAN HUNT. MARY E. COLERIDGE.
TITIAN. S. L. BENSUSAN.
MILLAIS. A. LYS BALDRY.
CARLO DOLCI. GEORGE HAY.
GAINSBOROUGH. MAX ROTHSCHILD.
LUINI. JAMES MASON.
TINTORETTO. S. L. BENSUSAN.

_Others in Preparation._

This work, which is the only one by Dolci in the National Gallery, represents the Virgin presenting flowers to the Divine Infant. In composition and drawing it is one of the most happy efforts of Dolci. A small canvas of 2 feet 6 inches, it came into the possession of the National Gallery in 1876 through the Wynn Ellis bequest.]

Carlo Dolci

BY GEORGE HAY

ILLUSTRATED WITH EIGHT
REPRODUCTIONS IN COLOUR

LONDON: T. C. & E. C. JACK
NEW YORK: FREDERICK A. STOKES CO.

CONTENTS

Page
I. Introduction 11

II. The Artist's Life 22

III. The Artist's Work 62

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Plate
I. Virgin and Child Frontispiece
National Gallery, London

Page
II. Poetry 14
In the Uffizi Gallery, Florence

III. The Magdalen 24
In Florence

IV. The Eternal Father 34
Part of an alter-piece in Fresco, Florence

V. Angel of the Annunciation 40
In Florence

VI. The Magdalen 50
In the Corsini Palace, Rome

VII. Portrait of the Artist 60
In the Uffizi Gallery, Florence

VIII. The Sleep of St. John 70
In the Pitti Palace, Florence