Location: Modena, Archivio di Stato
Sub-Location: Archivio Segreto Estense, Cancelleria ducale, Estero, Ambasciatori, Roma, b. 21 (143-VI-71)

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Type:Personal Letter
Language:Italian/Latin
Transcription Author: John Shearman
Published: yes
Publication Details: The document was first discovered by G. Campori,“Notizie inedite di Raffaello da Urbino tratte da documenti dell’Archivio Palatino di Modena”, in “Memorie delle RR Deputazioni di Storia Patria per le Province Modenesi e Parmensi”, I, 1863, p. 115; the present transcription is taken from J. Shearman, “ Raphael in early modern sources”, Yale University in association with the Bibliotheca Hertziana Max-Planck-Institut für Kunstgeschichte, New Haven and London 2003, pp. 287-88.
Notes: Campori dates the document to 6 June.

Beltrame Costabili writes from Rome to Alfonso d'Este, in Ferrara: Raphael has only two more days' work for the Pope, he will then dedicate himself to the Duke's work until it is completed.

Artist(s): Raphael
Dates: 16.6.1517
[...] Raphael da Urbino me ha dicto havere anchor che fare dui dì ne la camera del Papa, e fornito lo haverà, me ha promesso senza falo alcuno incomenciarà l’opera de V. EX.a e la seguitarà insino l’haverà finita. [...]