Location: Archivio di Stato di Mantova
Sub-Location: Archivio Gonzaga, E, LXI, N. 1, Busta 1891
Type:Personal Letter
Language:Italian
Transcription Author: Fiorenzo Canuti revisionato Tom Henry
Published: yes
Publication Details: Published by F. Canuti, “Il Perugino”, Siena, 1931, vol.2, p. 227 (previously in W. Braghirolli, “Notizie e documenti inediti intorno a Pietro Vannucci detto il Perugino”, in “Giornale d’Erudizione artistica”, 1873, vol. 2, p. 246)

Luigi Ciocca informs Isabella d'Este that he has been to see Perugino along with Abbot Strozzi and Salai, a pupil of Leonardo's, who praised the work's imagination.

Artist(s): Pietro Perugino
Dates: 22.1.1505
Ill.me et Ex.me Domine meae unicae Dne Isabelle Esten. Marchionisse Mantue dignissimme.