Location: Mantova, Archivio di Stato
Sub-Location: Archivio Segreto Estense, Cancelleria ducale, Estero, Ambasciatori, Roma, b. 26 (170-IX-36).

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Type:Personal Letter
Language:Italian/Latin
Transcription Author: John Shearman
Published: yes
Publication Details: The document was made known by J. Shearman, 'Alfonso d'Este's Camerino', in 'Il se rendit en Italie. Etudes offertes a Andrè Chastel', Roma 1987, p. 299; 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. 473.

Alfonso d'Este waits to learn what Alfonso Paolucci, in Rome, has seen at Raphael's home. [First manuscript draft of the letter].

Artist(s): Raphael
Dates: 25.8.1519
[...] Et ancho expettamo intendere che cosa v’haver mostrato Raphael de Urbino, se pur v’haver admesso in casa sua, che non ne siamo ben securi [...]