Location: Modena, Archivio di Stato.
Sub-Location: Archivio Segreto Estense, Cancelleria ducale, Estero, Ambasciatori, Roma, b. 21 (143-VII-59)

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Type:Personal Letter
Language:Italian/Latin
Transcription Author: John Shearman
Published: yes
Publication Details: The document was first discovered by R. Pacciani, “New information on Raphael and Giuliano Leno in the Diplomatic Correspondence of Alfonso d’Este”, in “The Art Bulletin”, LXVII, 1985, p. 139; the present transcription is taken from J. Shearman, “ Raphael in early modern source”, Yale University in association with the Bibliotheca Hertziana Max-Planck-Institut für Kunstgeschichte, New Haven and London 2003, p. 312.

Beltrame Costabili, in Rome, writes to Alfonso d'Este, in Ferrara saying that he will encourage Raphael.

Artist(s): Raphael
Dates: 21.12.1517
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