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 Alessandro Gonzaga and Baldassarre Castoglione, in Rome, saying that he would be 'gratissimo' if the two students of Raphael were to bring their talent to the Gonzaga court.

Artist(s): Raphael
Dates: 26.12.1521
[...]Ni serà gratissimo che quelli garzoni di Raphael da Urbino vengano ad stare con noi, e voi li conservareti in questa oppinione di venir ad ogni modo alli nostri servitii. [...]