Ercole Setti (c.1530–1618) was an

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engraver of the late-

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period. Setti was born in Modena. His pen-and-ink drawings show a fine

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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. ''

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'', 1955, pages 252–254. Italian engravers Artists from Modena 1530s births 1618 deaths {{Italy-engraver-stub