Ercole Sarti (December 23, 1593 – ?) was an Italian painter of the

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period, active in

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. Also called ''il muto da Ficarola'' (the mute of

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), due to his defect (likely congenital deaf-mutism) and hometown of Ficarolo, near Rovigo. He initially trained as a pupil of

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. He also painted in Felonica(Quatrelle) and Salara. In Ficarolo's parish church of St. Valentine, he painted a ''Crucifixion with donor and Saints Valentine and Carlo Borromeo''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sarti, Ercole 1593 births 17th-century deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters People from the Province of Rovigo Italian Baroque painters