Location: Modena, Archivio di Stato
Sub-Location: Archivio Segreto Estense, Cancelleria ducale, Estero, Ambasciatori, Roma, b. 21 (143-VII-51)
Sub-Location: Archivio Segreto Estense, Cancelleria ducale, Estero, Ambasciatori, Roma, b. 21 (143-VII-51)
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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. 309.
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. 309.
Beltrame Costabili, in Rome, writes to Alfonso d'Este saying that he has given Raphael 50 ducats, although he does not know the timescale of the painter's commission.
Artist(s): RaphaelDates: 17.11.1517
[...] A Raphaele da Urbino ho dati li cinquanta ducati, quale li ha pigliati con bon animo de servire presto e per excellentia V.ra Celsitudine. Non le posso anchor scrivere quando el dica darle fornita l’opera, ma farò bene de intenderlo e darònne adviso a quella. [...]
