Location: Mantova, Archivio di Stato
Sub-Location: Archivio Gonzaga 2919, Reg. litt F II, 9, 224
  • 73
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Type:Personal Letter
Language:Italian/Latin
Transcription Author: John Shearman
Published: yes
Publication Details: The document was first discovered by 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. 168.
Notes: The document appears on the following folios: 73r-v.

Francesco Gonzaga, in Mantua, writes to Grossino, in Rome: he is impatient to receive Federico's portrait.

Artist(s): Raphael
Dates: 23.1.1513
[...] restamo ben satisfatti da te in la executione de le commissioni nostre [...]. Haveremo piacere che soliciti il retrato di Federico accioché l'habbiamo presto [...].