Location: Modena, Archivio di Stato
Sub-Location: Archivio Segreto Estense, Cancelleria ducale, Estero, Ambasciatori, Roma, b. 22 (143-VIII-52)

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Type:Personal Letter
Language:Italian/Latin
Transcription Author: John Shearman
Published: yes
Publication Details: The document was first discovered by R. Pacciani, “New information on Raphael and Giuliano Leno in the Diplomatic Correspondence of Alfonso d’Este', in “The Art Bulletin”, LXVII, 1985, p. 139; 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. 327.

Beltrame Costabili in Rome writes to Alfonso d'Este, in Ferrara: he will pass his message to Raphael, however the latter is hard to find.

Artist(s): Raphael
Dates: 15.3.1518
[il documento è piuttosto danneggiato] [...] Farò intendere a Raphael da Urbino quanto la Ex.a V. me scrive, quant[o] sia fatica trovarlo, et in casa et altrove, per el da a fare ge dà il Papa. [...]