Location: Mantova,Archivio di Stato.
Sub-Location: Archivio Gonzaga 2923, Reg. litt. F. II. 9, 244.
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Type:Personal Letter
Language:Italian
Transcription Author: John Shearman
Published: yes
Publication Details: J. Shearman, ‘Alfonso d’Este’s Camerino’, ‘Il se rendit en Itali’. Etudes offertes à André Chastel, Rome and Paris, 1987, pp. 215,227; 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. 243.

Francesco Gonzaga, in Mantua, writes to Carlo Agnello, in Rome: he says he has received the portraits of the rhino and the elephant.

Artist(s): Raphael
Dates: 25.4.1516
[...] Havemo havuto lo rhinoceronte e lo elephante retratti che ne hai mandati et in questo restamo da te ben satisfatti. [...]