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Ercole Setti

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Ercole Setti (c.1530–1618) was an Italian engraver of the late-Renaissance period.

Setti was born in Modena. His pen and ink drawings show a fine draughtsmanship without requiring cross-hatching. Like the later Gaetano Zompini, he made a series of engravings of types of merchants of his time.

References

  • Drawings by Ercole Setti, by Walter Vitzthum. The Burlington Magazine, 1955, pages 252–254.