Location: Mantova, Archivio di Stato
Sub-Location: Archivio Gonzaga 1896
Sub-Location: Archivio Gonzaga 1896
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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. Bellù, voci in “Raffaello: elementi di un mito. Le fonti, la letteratura artistica, la pittura di genere storico” exhibition catalogue, Florence 1984, p. 58; 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. 574.
Language:Italian/Latin
Transcription Author: John Shearman
Published: yes
Publication Details: The document was first discovered by A. Bellù, voci in “Raffaello: elementi di un mito. Le fonti, la letteratura artistica, la pittura di genere storico” exhibition catalogue, Florence 1984, p. 58; 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. 574.
Gaspare da Feltro, in Rome, writes to Isabella d'Este, in Mantua: Raphael has died in the night.
Artist(s): RaphaelDates: 7.4.1520
[...] Raphael da Urbino, homo excellente in pictura, architectura et altre cose, come V. Ex.tia deve essere informata per la fama sua, questa notte ha reso l’anima. [...]
