Location: Modena, Archivio di Stato.
Sub-Location: Archivio Segreto Estense, Cancelleria Ducale, Estero, Ambasciatori, Roma, b. 21 (143-VII-36).

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Type:Personal Letter
Language:Italian
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.116; 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, p. 304.

Beltrame Costabili, in Rome, informs Alfonso d'Este that he has passed on the Duke's requests to Raphael and that the painter wishes to serve him.

Artist(s): Raphael
Dates: 27.10.1517
[...] A Raphaele da Urbino ho fatto intendere quanto mi scrive V. Celsitudine per la sua di XXIII, quale senza dubbio la vole servire, e serviràlla. [...]