Location: Mantova, Archivio di Stato
Sub-Location: Archivio Gonzaga 2978, Reg. litt. F. II. 9, Copialettere riservate, 1
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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. Belluzzi, “Giulio di Raffaello da Urbino”, in “Quaderni di Palazzo Te”, VIII, 1988, p. 16; 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. 710.

Federico Gonzaga, in Lodi, writes to Baldassarre Castiglione, in Rome, regarding Raphael's two 'gargioni' who are to enter service of the court of Mantua.

Artist(s): Raphael
Dates: 27.12.1521
[...] Conservati li dui gargioni di Raphael in la oppinione e promissione che ve hanno fatto di venire ad stare con noi accioché non li perdiamo, ché molto li desideramo alli servitii nostri. [...]