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 J. Shearman, “ Raphael in early modern source”, Yale University in association with the Bibliotheca Hertziana Max-Planck-Institut für Kunstgeschichte, New Haven and London 2003, p. 169.

Grossino, in Rome, writes to Francesco Gonzaga, in Mantua: he is encouraging the painter to paint the portrait and Raphael insists that he will.

Artist(s): Raphael
Dates: 26.1.1513
[...] Non mancho di solicitare il retrato del S. Federico; messer Rafaello me dice non li mancha. [...]