Location: Mantova, Archivio di Stato.
Sub-Location: Archivio Gonzaga 2963, Reg. Litt. F. II. 9,9
Sub-Location: Archivio Gonzaga 2963, Reg. Litt. F. II. 9,9
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Type:Personal Letter
Language:Italian/Latin
Transcription Author: John Shearman
Published: yes
Publication Details: The document was first discovered by W. Braghirolli, 'Alfonso Cittadella scultore del secolo XVI”, in “Atti e memorie della R. Accademia Virgiliana di Mantova” V, 1874. p. 82; 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. 453.
Notes: The document is dated 24 May by Carpeggiani.
Language:Italian/Latin
Transcription Author: John Shearman
Published: yes
Publication Details: The document was first discovered by W. Braghirolli, 'Alfonso Cittadella scultore del secolo XVI”, in “Atti e memorie della R. Accademia Virgiliana di Mantova” V, 1874. p. 82; 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. 453.
Notes: The document is dated 24 May by Carpeggiani.
Federico Gonzaga asks Baldassarre Castiglione for four to six drawings by accomplished artists such as Michelangelo or Raphael to design his father's tomb.
Artist(s): RaphaelDates: 28.5.1519
M.ce Eques Car.me N.r: Perché pensamo di voler fare fare una honorevole sepultura per lo Ill.mo S. nostro padre de felice memoria, vogliati farci fare quattro o sei desegni belli de sepolture da Michelangelo, da Raphael, e da qualche altri valenthomini che si ritrovino lì in Roma, e mandaticeli. [...]
