Location: Mantova, Archivio di Stato
Sub-Location: Archivio Gonzaga 864
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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. 631.

Francesco Chiericati, in Rome, writes to Isabella d'Este: on the occasion of the Duchess of Milan's visit to the Sistine Chapel the 'più richi' tapestries were hung.

Artist(s): Raphael
Dates: 18.11.1520
[...] Dimane per ordine di N. S.re se li cantarà una solemne messa in Capella dove sarranno tuti li prefati R.mi Cardinali, et è stata addobbata la Capella de li più richi panni che habbi la sacristia apostolica e così etiam la chiesia de San Pietro. [...]