Location: Archivio di Stato di Mantova
Sub-Location: Archivio Gonzaga, Raccolta d'Autografi.
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, pp. 236-237 (previously in W. Braghirolli, “Notizie e documenti inediti intorno a Pietro Vannucci detto il Perugino”, in “Giornale d’Erudizione artistica”, 1873, vol. 2, p.281).
Notes: The letter is not autograph.

Pietro Perugino writes to Isabella d'Este saying that he is sorry he did not realise that the painting was to be painted in oil and not tempera; this would have been easier for him to do and would have given a better result.

Artist(s): Pietro Perugino
Dates: 10.8.1505
Ill.ma et Ex.ma D.ne D. Helisabeth de Gonzaga, Marchioni Mantuae, digniss. et Observ.