Location: Mantova, Archivio di Stato
Sub-Location: Archivio Gonzaga 861

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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. Luzio, “Federico Gonzaga ostaggio alla corte di Giulio II”, in 'Archivio della R. Società Romana di Storia Patria', IX, 1886, p. 548; 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, pp. 166-67.

Grossino, in Rome, to Marquess Francesco Gonzaga, in Mantua: Raphael has begun the portrait of Federico in the costume in which he went to the council.

Artist(s): Raphael
Dates: 13.1.1513
[...] maestro Rafaello da Urbino ha principiato di retrare il S. Federico alla foza che andò al conzilio, armato con el saion e capello li mandò V. Signoria. [...]