CARLO, professor of polite learning at Florence. His native country became very famous, as well on account of his works, as of the eulogies which have been bestowed on him by learned men. The chief work to which Dati applied himself, was Della Pittura Antica, on which he published an essay in the year 1667. He died in 1675, much lamented, as well for his humanity and amiable manners as for his parts and learning.