Location: Mantova, Archivio di Stato
Sub-Location: Archivio Gonzaga 2494.
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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. Bertolotti, “ Le arti minori alla corte di Mantova nei secoli XV, XVI and XVII”, Milan 1889, p. 66; 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. 262.

Benedetto Capilupi,in Mantua, writes to Isabella d'Este, in her villa (Rocchetta): he has asked 'al Nigro' to acquire the Duchess of Urbino's silver.

Artist(s): Raphael
Dates: 9.7.1516
[...] [post scriptum] Ho dato cura al Nigro di farsi dare li argenti delle Duchesse, e mandarli a V. Ex.tia.