Location: Modena, Archivio di Stato
Sub-Location: Archivio Segreto Estense, Cancelleria ducale, Estero, Ambasciatori, Roma, b. 21 (143-VII-47)
Sub-Location: Archivio Segreto Estense, Cancelleria ducale, Estero, Ambasciatori, Roma, b. 21 (143-VII-47)
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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. Venturi, “Documenti relativi a Raffaello”, in “L’Arte XXII”, 1919, p. 202; 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. 306.
Language:Italian/Latin
Transcription Author: John Shearman
Published: yes
Publication Details: The document was first discovered by A. Venturi, “Documenti relativi a Raffaello”, in “L’Arte XXII”, 1919, p. 202; 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. 306.
Beltrame Costabili writes to Alfonso d'Este clarifying that he has passed the Duke's requests on to Raphael and that he responded 'che la vole servire' in the best possible way.
Artist(s): RaphaelDates: 4.11.1517
[...] ho fatto intendere a Raphaele da Urbino quello che ho scripto a V.ra Celsitudine e che ‘l metta mane a l’opera, ché ne li mancarò di quello dimanda. El mi ha risposto havere dimandato come ha per la causa detta e perché la Ex.tia V.ra conosca che la vole servire, e dice le farà cosa molto ex[cellen]te, il che io credo, perché a le opere sue si vede che sempre el megliora, e credo serà stato meglio habbia differito sin qui al servire V.ra Celsitudine. [...]
