Ercole Sarti
Ercole Sarti (23 December 1593 –?) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in Ferrara. Also called il muto da Ficarola (the mute of Ficarolo), due to his defect (likely congenital deaf-mutism) and hometown of Ficarolo, near Rovigo. He initially trained as a pupil of Carlo Bononi.
Also recorded as Muto da Ficarolo · Ercole di Ferrara · Hercole di Ferrara
Ercole Sarti
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- Born
- 1593 · Ficarolo.
- Died
- 1639
- Occupation
- painter
- Languages
- Italian
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Ercole Sarti (23 December 1593 –?) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in Ferrara. Also called il muto da Ficarola (the mute of Ficarolo), due to his defect (likely congenital deaf-mutism) and hometown of Ficarolo, near Rovigo. He initially trained as a pupil of Carlo Bononi.
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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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Ercole Sarti, Sant’Antonino e San Carlo Borromeo, chiesa di Sant'Antonino martire, Ficarolo (Rovigo)
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