Location: Mantova, Archivio di Stato
Sub-Location: Archivio Gonzaga 2494
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Type:Personal Letter
Language:Italian/Latin
Transcription Author: John Shearman
Published: yes
Publication Details: The document was first discovered by A. Luzio, “ Isabella d’Este e Leone X dal congresso di Bologna alla presa di Milan (1515-1521), Parte prima”, in “Archivio storico italiano” Ser. V, XL, 1907, p. 75; 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. 269-70.

Benedetto Capilupi, in Mantua, writes to Isabella d'Este, in Rocchetta, informing her that the Bishop of Nice has bought a basin and a pitcher similar to the ones that were sent to her.

Artist(s): Raphael
Dates: 18.9.1516
[...] Seremo dreto a contracambiare li argenti. Il Vescovo de Niza ha comparato una bacilla col bochale simile a quella che furon portati a V.S. [...]