Location: Mantova, Archivio di Stato
Sub-Location: Archivio Gonzaga 2997, Reg. litt. F. II. 9, 33
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Type:Personal Letter
Language:Italian/Latin
Transcription Author: John Shearman
Published: yes
Publication Details: The document was first discovered by 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, p. 265.

Isabella d'Este in Rocchetta to Benedetto Capilupi, in Mantua: she is sorry that she was unaware that the Duchess of Urbino has other items ('bacille e bochale').

Artist(s): Raphael
Dates: 19.7.1516
[...] Rincrescene non havere saputo che le Duchesse havessero più d’una de quelle bacille e bochale che furono portati qui, peroché haveressimo anche tolta l’altra, per ritrovarsi anchor certa bacillaza molto mal fatta nella credenza nostra. [...]