Location: Mantova, Archivio di Stato
Sub-Location: Archivio Gonzaga 863

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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, “ Isabella d’Este e Leone X dal congresso di Bologna alla presa di Milan (1515-1521), Parte prima”, in “Archivio storico italiano” Ser. V, XL, 1907, p. 76; 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. 266-67.
Notes: Shearman could not trace the document but followed A. Luzio.

Agostino Gonzaga, in Rome, writes to Francesco Gonzaga (?), in Mantua: Leo X has held a public audience in the new loggia.

Artist(s): Raphael
Dates: 18.8.1516
[...] La sera poi passegiò [Leone X] sopra una loggia, fatta novamente per S. S., per bonissimo spacio di tempo, dove concorse grandissimo numero di brigate e lì stete publicamente a dar’ audientia [...]